droughty
/ˈdɹaʊti/
"droughty" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“droughty” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lacking rain.
Corpus desk
Index EN-droughty · droughty · English
droughty · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | droughty |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈdɹaʊti/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “droughty” in English
Rare enough to double-check
droughty is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈdɹaʊti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for droughty, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From drought + -y. The correct English form is droughty, spelled D-R-O-U-G-H-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Lacking rain.
- 2Dry; thirsty.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how droughty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
From habit the sheep would head for the river, but, though it was early spring, the winter had been droughty, and the river was only a string of dangerous water-holes.
thou muſt / With taſteleſs Water waſh thy droughty Throat.
Etymology
From drought + -y.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.