likey
/ˈlaɪki/
"likey" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“likey” is uncommon English (frequency #63,765 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,765
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative form of like.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | likey |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈlaɪki/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,765 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “likey” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
likey is uncommon English at frequency #63,765 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈlaɪki/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of like.".
likey doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is likey, spelled L-I-K-E-Y.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of like.
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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Using “likey”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-I-K-E-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈlaɪki/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.