dancy
"dancy" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dancy” is uncommon English (frequency #74,874 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,874
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ready to dance.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dancy · dancy · English
dancy · rank #74,874 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,874
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dalles
Nearest frequency peer: dalles (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “dancy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- culls
culls
25,134 corpus weight
- cusps
cusps
25,132 corpus weight
- dalles
dalles
25,128 corpus weight
- dancy
dancy
25,127 corpus weight
- Danko
Danko
25,126 corpus weight
- Daughtry
Daughtry
25,124 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dancy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dancy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #74,874 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dancy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dancy is uncommon English at frequency #74,874 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for dancy in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dance + -y. The correct English form is dancy, spelled D-A-N-C-Y.
Definition
- 1Ready to dance.
- 2Of music: suitable for dancing to.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dancy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I'm feeling a bit dancy today.
Gear up for a bit of a walk—five whole minutes to The George on S. George St. We're all loosened up and ready to get a little dancey at this thoroughly festive gay club.
Etymology
From dance + -y.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).