melty
"melty" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“melty” is uncommon English (frequency #73,426 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,426
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having a high tendency to melt.
Corpus desk
Index EN-melty · melty · English
melty · rank #73,426 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,426
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Mellen
Nearest frequency peer: Mellen (-1 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.
Long-tail ranks near “melty”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- megaman
megaman
26,578 corpus weight
- Meghna
Meghna
26,577 corpus weight
- Mellen
Mellen
26,576 corpus weight
- melty
melty
26,575 corpus weight
- Mesoamerica
Mesoamerica
26,573 corpus weight
- Mesoamerican
Mesoamerican
26,572 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “melty” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | melty |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #73,426 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “melty” in English
Rare enough to double-check
melty is uncommon English at frequency #73,426 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for melty, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From melt + -y. The correct English form is melty, spelled M-E-L-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Having a high tendency to melt.
- 2In the state of being melted.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how melty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This creamy, melty cheese dip is delicious with crisp fresh vegetables.
I must say that the meltiest, most evocative entry in this theme set is BRA OF CHOCOLATE, which, of course, started out as a bar of chocolate until Mr. Berry and the made up “Victoria’s Sweetness catalog” got hold of it.
Etymology
From melt + -y.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).