# frosty

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈfɹɒsti/ · frequency rank #22,384

## Definitions
1. Cold, chilly; icy.
2. Having frost on it or in it.
3. Having an aloof or inhospitable manner.

## Etymology
From Middle English frosty, forsty, from Old English forstiġ, fyrstiġ (“frosty”), from Proto-West Germanic *frostag, *frustīg, By surface analysis, frost + -y.
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian froastich (“frosty”), Dutch vorstig (“frosty”), German Low German fröstig (“frosty”), German frostig (“frosty”), Swedish frostig (“frosty”). Compare also Saterland Frisian froasterch (“frosty”), German Low German frösterg (“frosty”).

## Easily confused with
- **froth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frosty-vs-froth)
- **fruity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frosty-vs-fruity)
- **frothy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frosty-vs-frothy)
- **front** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/front-vs-frosty)
- **forty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forty-vs-frosty)
- **frost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frost-vs-frosty)
- **footy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/footy-vs-frosty)
- **fronts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fronts-vs-frosty)
- **feisty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feisty-vs-frosty)
- **frisky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frisky-vs-frosty)
- **frosted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frosted-vs-frosty)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ffrosty`, `forsty`, `frossty`, `frostty`, `frostyy`, `frosyt`, `frotsy`, `frrosty`, `frsoty`, `rfosty`

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