kisky
/ˈkɪski/
"kisky" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kisky” 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 2, 2026) - Drunk.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kisky · kisky · English
kisky · 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 "K" 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 | kisky |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkɪski/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kisky” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
kisky is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈkɪski/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Drunk.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kisky, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is kisky, spelled K-I-S-K-Y.
Definition
- 1Drunk.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kisky appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Another of the cousins said to Paul in an aside: 'He was very kisky last night. The drink always shuts him up — […]
If they had a lot to drink, they might be kisky, flying high, paralysed, boozed, or drunk as a lord, an emperor or a fish.
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.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.