gusty
/ˈɡʌs.ti/
"gusty" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gusty” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,664. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,664
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of wind: blowing in gusts; blustery; tempestuous.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gusty · gusty · English
gusty · rank #47,664 · 7 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,664
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH guaranty
Nearest frequency peer: guaranty (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “gusty”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- grouchy
grouchy
52,341 corpus weight
- guaranty
guaranty
52,339 corpus weight
- gusty
gusty
52,337 corpus weight
- Haber
Haber
52,335 corpus weight
- Hagar
Hagar
52,334 corpus weight
- Hagerstown
Hagerstown
52,333 corpus weight
What this shows “gusty” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gusty |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɡʌs.ti/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #47,664 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “gusty”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around gusty (IPA /ˈɡʌs.ti/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #47,664 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for gusty, with forms such as "ggusty", "gsuty", and "gussty". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "guy", "gut", "guts", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From gust + -y. The correct English form is gusty, spelled G-U-S-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Of wind: blowing in gusts; blustery; tempestuous.
- 2Characterized by or occurring in instances of sudden strong expression.
- 3Bombastic, verbose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gusty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees, / The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, / The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, / And the highwayman came riding— / Riding—riding— / The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.
A change evidently came over the countess's thoughts; her thin lips grew white (her eyes remained the same), and her voice when she spoke evidently surprised even herself by the violence of its gusty outburst.
Etymology
From gust + -y.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggusty
- gsuty
- gussty
- gustty
- gustyy
- gusyt
- ugsty
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gusty - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).