# fiery

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈfaɪəɹi/ · frequency rank #13,515

## Definitions
1. Of or relating to fire.
2. Burning or glowing.
3. Inflammable or easily ignited.
4. Having the colour of fire.
5. Hot or inflamed.
6. Tempestuous or emotionally volatile; sulfurous.
7. Spirited or filled with emotion.
8. Having the capillaries contracted due to stress at time of slaughter, causing blood to not drain properly.

## Etymology
From Middle English fyry, from fyr (“fire”), equivalent to fire + -y.
Compare typologically Mongolian галт (galt) (< гал (gal)); Russian пла́менный (plámennyj) (akin to пла́мя (plámja)); Russian вспы́льчивый (vspýlʹčivyj), запа́льчивый (zapálʹčivyj).

## Easily confused with
- **fry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiery-vs-fry)
- **fir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiery-vs-fir)
- **fire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiery-vs-fire)
- **firm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiery-vs-firm)
- **fury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiery-vs-fury)
- **Frey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiery-vs-frey)
- **fifty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiery-vs-fifty)
- **furry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiery-vs-furry)
- **finer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiery-vs-finer)
- **fishy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiery-vs-fishy)
- **filly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiery-vs-filly)
- **fixer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiery-vs-fixer)
- **flier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiery-vs-flier)
- **fizzy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiery-vs-fizzy)
- **fiver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiery-vs-fiver)
- **finely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiery-vs-finely)
- **Fleury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiery-vs-fleury)
- **fishery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiery-vs-fishery)
- **fer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fer-vs-fiery)
- **fey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fey-vs-fiery)

## Common misspellings (7)
`feiry`, `ffiery`, `fierry`, `fieryy`, `fieyr`, `firey`, `ifery`

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