# cubby

> English word · Noun · IPA /kʌbi/ · frequency rank #49,853

## Definitions
1. A small, confined space.
2. A cell in a shelf for storing items, particularly in a school.

## Etymology
From Middle English cub (“stall”) + -y (diminutive suffix). Cognate with French cagibi.

## Easily confused with
- **Cubs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cubby-vs-cubs)
- **cube** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cubby-vs-cube)
- **curb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cubby-vs-curb)
- **cuny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cubby-vs-cuny)
- **curry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cubby-vs-curry)
- **cubic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cubby-vs-cubic)
- **curly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cubby-vs-curly)
- **cubes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cubby-vs-cubes)
- **curvy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cubby-vs-curvy)
- **cushy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cubby-vs-cushy)
- **Cub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cub-vs-cubby)
- **Cuba** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuba-vs-cubby)
- **cobb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cobb-vs-cubby)
- **Cuban** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuban-vs-cubby)
- **Colby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colby-vs-cubby)
- **Cosby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cosby-vs-cubby)
- **chubb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chubb-vs-cubby)
- **chubby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chubby-vs-cubby)

## Common misspellings (6)
`cbuby`, `ccubby`, `cubbyy`, `cuby`, `cubyb`, `ucbby`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cubby