# heady

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈhɛdi/ · frequency rank #31,593

## Definitions
1. Intoxicating or stupefying.
2. Tending to upset the mind or senses.
3. Exhilarating.
4. Intellectual.
5. Rash or impetuous.

## Etymology
From Middle English hedi, hevedi, equivalent to head + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **hey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heady-vs-hey)
- **hed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heady-vs-hed)
- **held** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heady-vs-held)
- **hear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heady-vs-hear)
- **heat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heady-vs-heat)
- **heal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heady-vs-heal)
- **herd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heady-vs-herd)
- **heap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heady-vs-heap)
- **heed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heady-vs-heed)
- **heart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heady-vs-heart)
- **heard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heady-vs-heard)
- **heavy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heady-vs-heavy)
- **henry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heady-vs-henry)
- **hears** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heady-vs-hears)
- **heath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heady-vs-heath)
- **Heidi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heady-vs-heidi)
- **heats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heady-vs-heats)
- **hefty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heady-vs-hefty)
- **heals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heady-vs-heals)
- **heaps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heady-vs-heaps)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ehady`, `haedy`, `headdy`, `headyy`, `heayd`, `heday`, `hheady`

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