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flukey

/ˈfluːki/adjective

flukey is an adjective meaning “Lucky” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-U-K-E-Y, and it appears about once in every 29 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does flukey mean?

adjective

  1. 1

    Lucky.

  2. 2

    Unstable, prone to rapid and unpredictable changes.

    We would have got to Spain already if it wasn't for the flukey wind.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce flukey?

  • /ˈfluːki/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of flukey

  • more flukey comparative
  • most flukey superlative
  • fluky

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is flukey?

Flukey appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th 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).

Where does flukey come from?

From fluke + -y.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).