# downy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈdaʊni/ · frequency rank #47,024

## Definitions
1. Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair.
2. Sharp-witted, perceptive.
3. Low-spirited; down in the mouth.

## Etymology
From down + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **drown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/downy-vs-drown)
- **dowry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/downy-vs-dowry)
- **drowns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/downy-vs-drowns)
- **drowsy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/downy-vs-drowsy)
- **don** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/don-vs-downy)
- **dow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dow-vs-downy)
- **down** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/down-vs-downy)
- **done** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/done-vs-downy)
- **dont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dont-vs-downy)
- **deny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deny-vs-downy)
- **dawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawn-vs-downy)
- **dong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dong-vs-downy)
- **Dons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dons-vs-downy)
- **dory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dory-vs-downy)
- **dona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dona-vs-downy)
- **dowd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dowd-vs-downy)
- **dewy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dewy-vs-downy)
- **doon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doon-vs-downy)
- **doing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doing-vs-downy)
- **Danny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danny-vs-downy)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ddowny`, `donwy`, `downny`, `downyy`, `dowwny`, `dowyn`, `dwony`, `odwny`

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