# foggy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈfɒɡi/ · frequency rank #22,675

## Definitions
1. Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy.
2. Confused, befuddled, etc.
3. Being, covered with, or pertaining to fog (“tall grass etc that grows after, or is left after, cutting; moss”)

## Etymology
From fog + -y, originally in the sense "covered with tall grass; marshy; thick". It is not clear whether fog (“mist”) is a back-formation from foggy (“covered with tall, obscuring grass”) or has a separate Germanic origin, and hence whether foggy (“covered with tall grass”) and foggy (“obscured by mist”) represent one word or two. See fog ("mist"; "tall grass") for more.

## Easily confused with
- **foy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foggy-vs-foy)
- **fong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foggy-vs-fong)
- **foxy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foggy-vs-foxy)
- **forty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foggy-vs-forty)
- **forge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foggy-vs-forge)
- **foley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foggy-vs-foley)
- **folly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foggy-vs-folly)
- **footy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foggy-vs-footy)
- **foray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foggy-vs-foray)
- **forgo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foggy-vs-forgo)
- **fog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fog-vs-foggy)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ffoggy`, `fgogy`, `foggyy`, `fogy`, `fogyg`, `ofggy`

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