# dusky

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈdʌs.ki/ · frequency rank #35,700

## Definitions
1. Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).
2. Having a shade of color that is rather dark.
3. Dark-skinned.
4. Ashen; having a greyish skin coloration.

## Etymology
From dusk + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **duty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dusky-vs-duty)
- **dust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dusky-vs-dust)
- **dusty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dusky-vs-dusty)
- **duke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duke-vs-dusky)
- **desk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/desk-vs-dusky)
- **duck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duck-vs-dusky)
- **disk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disk-vs-dusky)
- **dunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dunk-vs-dusky)
- **duly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duly-vs-dusky)
- **dusk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dusk-vs-dusky)
- **ducks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ducks-vs-dusky)
- **dummy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dummy-vs-dusky)
- **Duffy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duffy-vs-dusky)
- **desks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/desks-vs-dusky)
- **duchy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duchy-vs-dusky)
- **dunks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dunks-vs-dusky)
- **Dicky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dicky-vs-dusky)
- **dorky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dorky-vs-dusky)
- **ducky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ducky-vs-dusky)
- **dinky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinky-vs-dusky)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ddusky`, `dsuky`, `duksy`, `duskky`, `duskyy`, `dussky`, `dusyk`, `udsky`

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