# fishy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈfɪʃi/ · frequency rank #20,116

## Definitions
1. Of, from, or similar to fish.
2. Suspicious; inspiring doubt.
3. Of a drag queen or a trans woman: appearing very feminine and resembling a cisgender woman.

## Etymology
From Middle English fishi, fischey, equivalent to fish + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **fist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fishy-vs-fist)
- **fisk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fishy-vs-fisk)
- **fists** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fishy-vs-fists)
- **fussy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fishy-vs-fussy)
- **fizzy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fishy-vs-fizzy)
- **flashy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fishy-vs-flashy)
- **fleshy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fishy-vs-fleshy)
- **frisky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fishy-vs-frisky)
- **FIS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fis-vs-fishy)
- **fish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fish-vs-fishy)
- **FISA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisa-vs-fishy)
- **fight** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fight-vs-fishy)
- **fifty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fifty-vs-fishy)
- **fiery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiery-vs-fishy)
- **filly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filly-vs-fishy)
- **fisher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisher-vs-fishy)
- **filthy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filthy-vs-fishy)
- **fishes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fishes-vs-fishy)
- **fished** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fished-vs-fishy)
- **feisty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feisty-vs-fishy)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ffishy`, `fihsy`, `fishhy`, `fishyy`, `fisshy`, `fisyh`, `fsihy`, `ifshy`

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