cushy
/ˈkʊʃi/
"cushy" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cushy” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,589. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,589
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Making few demands; comfortable, easy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cushy · cushy · English
cushy · rank #43,589 · 8 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,589
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH curative
Nearest frequency peer: curative (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “cushy”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- cuck
cuck
56,415 corpus weight
- curable
curable
56,414 corpus weight
- curative
curative
56,413 corpus weight
- cushy
cushy
56,412 corpus weight
- cysteine
cysteine
56,411 corpus weight
- Dalmatian
Dalmatian
56,410 corpus weight
What this shows “cushy” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cushy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkʊʃi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #43,589 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “cushy”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around cushy (IPA /ˈkʊʃi/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,589 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cushy, with forms such as "ccushy", "csuhy", and "cuhsy". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "cusp", "cuss", "cash", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hindustani خوشی (xośī) / ख़ुशी (xuśī), from Classical Persian خوشی (xuši, “happiness”). The correct English form is cushy, spelled C-U-S-H-Y.
Definition
- 1Making few demands; comfortable, easy.
- 2Comfortable, often in a way that will suit a person's body; ergonomic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cushy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This is a really cushy job. Mostly I just sit around drinking tea.
But if it really is such a cushy number, why doesn’t Britain have enough drivers – and what does it take to join their ranks?
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani خوشی (xośī) / ख़ुशी (xuśī), from Classical Persian خوشی (xuši, “happiness”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccushy
- csuhy
- cuhsy
- cushhy
- cushyy
- cusshy
- cusyh
- ucshy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cushy - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cushy", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).