folksy
/fəʊksi/
"folksy" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“folksy” is uncommon English (frequency #57,387 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,387
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Characteristic of common folk.
Corpus desk
Index EN-folksy · folksy · English
folksy · rank #57,387 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,387
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH foramen
Nearest frequency peer: foramen (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “folksy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- fearfully
fearfully
42,620 corpus weight
- folksy
folksy
42,614 corpus weight
- foramen
foramen
42,612 corpus weight
- forecaster
forecaster
42,611 corpus weight
- forfeiting
forfeiting
42,610 corpus weight
- formica
formica
42,609 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “folksy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | folksy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /fəʊksi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,387 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “folksy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
folksy is uncommon English at frequency #57,387 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /fəʊksi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
folksy doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From folks + -y or folk + -sy. The correct English form is folksy, spelled F-O-L-K-S-Y.
Definition
- 1Characteristic of common folk.
- 2Characteristic of common folk.
- 3Characteristic of common folk.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how folksy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It’s not hard to see why most people don’t feel like they fit in well with either party. But as long as the folksy and brainy contingents stay on opposite sides of the dance floor, we can look forward to a lot more of this. Bifurcation by education is always bad, but it’s worse for the educated group, because they’ll always be outnumbered. You simply cann…
Near-synonym: chummy
Etymology
From folks + -y or folk + -sy.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).