fubsy
/ˈfʌb.sɪ/
"fubsy" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fubsy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - short and stout; low and wide
Corpus desk
Index EN-fubsy · fubsy · English
fubsy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fubsy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfʌb.sɪ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fubsy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fubsy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈfʌb.sɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "short and stout; low and wide".
No generated misspelling entries exist for fubsy in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: fubs (variant of fub) + -y The correct English form is fubsy, spelled F-U-B-S-Y.
Definition
- 1short and stout; low and wide
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fubsy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A fubsy, good-humoured, laughing, silly […] old maid.
“Pray,” said Doctor Waldron, addressing Mrs. Green, “who is that little fubsy lady, with scarce a morsel of neck, and all covered with ribbands, pursued by that long ghost of a man in the Spanish dress?”
Etymology
fubs (variant of fub) + -y
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.