# flaky

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈfleɪkiː/ · frequency rank #34,058

## Definitions
1. Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
2. Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans.
3. Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely due to malfunction.

## Etymology
From flake + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **fly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaky-vs-fly)
- **flat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaky-vs-flat)
- **flaw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaky-vs-flaw)
- **flap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaky-vs-flap)
- **fray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaky-vs-fray)
- **flax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaky-vs-flax)
- **flash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaky-vs-flash)
- **flame** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaky-vs-flame)
- **flank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaky-vs-flank)
- **flare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaky-vs-flare)
- **funky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaky-vs-funky)
- **flaps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaky-vs-flaps)
- **flask** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaky-vs-flask)
- **fluke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaky-vs-fluke)
- **freaky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaky-vs-freaky)
- **flashy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaky-vs-flashy)
- **flatly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaky-vs-flatly)
- **flappy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaky-vs-flappy)
- **flasks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaky-vs-flasks)
- **FLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fla-vs-flaky)

## Common misspellings (8)
`falky`, `fflaky`, `flakky`, `flakyy`, `flayk`, `flkay`, `fllaky`, `lfaky`

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