grody
/ˈɡɹoʊdi/
"grody" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“grody” 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) - Nasty, dirty, disgusting, foul, revolting, yucky, grotesque.
Corpus desk
Index EN-grody · grody · English
grody · 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 "G" 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 | grody |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɡɹoʊdi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “grody” in English
Rare enough to double-check
grody is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈɡɹoʊdi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nasty, dirty, disgusting, foul, revolting, yucky, grotesque.".
grody doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From groady, apparently a clipping of grotesque + -y (intervocalic /t/ and /d/ are similar in American English). Compare British grotty, of the same origin, and gro. Popularized by Moon Unit Zappa in song "Valley Girl" (1982) in phrase "grody to the max", a… The correct English form is grody, spelled G-R-O-D-Y.
Definition
- 1Nasty, dirty, disgusting, foul, revolting, yucky, grotesque.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grody appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I wouldn't set foot in that bar; the floor looks grody.
And the lady, like, goes / "Oh, my god, your toenails are, like, so grody" / […] / It’s like grody / Grody to the max / […] / Gross!
Etymology
From groady, apparently a clipping of grotesque + -y (intervocalic /t/ and /d/ are similar in American English). Compare British grotty, of the same origin, and gro. Popularized by Moon Unit Zappa in song "Valley Girl" (1982) in phrase "grody to the max", as archetypal Southern California Valleyspeak; song also popularized "gag me with a spoon".
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.