drafty
/ˈdɹɑːfti/
"drafty" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“drafty” is uncommon English (frequency #81,281 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,281
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Characterized by gusts of wind; windy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-drafty · drafty · English
drafty · rank #81,281 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,281
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH drabble
Nearest frequency peer: drabble (-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 “drafty”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- doggone
doggone
18,724 corpus weight
- donat
donat
18,723 corpus weight
- drabble
drabble
18,721 corpus weight
- drafty
drafty
18,720 corpus weight
- dressmaking
dressmaking
18,718 corpus weight
- Dujardin
Dujardin
18,717 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “drafty” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | drafty |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈdɹɑːfti/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #81,281 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “drafty” in English
Rare enough to double-check
drafty is uncommon English at frequency #81,281 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈdɹɑːfti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for drafty, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From earlier draughty, equivalent to draft + -y. The correct English form is drafty, spelled D-R-A-F-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Characterized by gusts of wind; windy.
- 2Not properly sealed against drafts (draughts).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how drafty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It's really drafty (draughty) in here.
Etymology
From earlier draughty, equivalent to draft + -y.
This word in other languages
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
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).