dutchy
/ˈdʌt͡ʃi/adjective
dutchy is spelled D-U-T-C-H-Y: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, dutchy means “difficult to understand, slurred, imprecisely articulated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dutchy?
| Letters | 6: D-U-T-C-H-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 111,684th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dutchy?
Dutchy appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dutchy?
- /ˈdʌt͡ʃi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with dutchy
Sounds like: duchy, dutchie (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of dutchy
- dutchier comparative
- dutchiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dutchy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
USdifficult to understand, slurred, imprecisely articulated
He is so dutchy that we can hardly understand him.
adjective
- 1
Somewhat Dutch.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dutchy come from?
Possibly Dutch + -y. Compare double Dutch.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).