# paddy

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpædi/ · frequency rank #12,649

## Definitions
1. Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.
2. A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Malay padi (“paddy plant”). Doublet of palay.

## Easily confused with
- **pay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paddy-vs-pay)
- **paid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paddy-vs-paid)
- **pads** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paddy-vs-pads)
- **party** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paddy-vs-party)
- **panda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paddy-vs-panda)
- **Patty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paddy-vs-patty)
- **parry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paddy-vs-parry)
- **palsy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paddy-vs-palsy)
- **Patsy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paddy-vs-patsy)
- **padre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paddy-vs-padre)
- **panty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paddy-vs-panty)
- **pasty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paddy-vs-pasty)
- **purdy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paddy-vs-purdy)
- **pansy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paddy-vs-pansy)
- **Padua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paddy-vs-padua)
- **Pauly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paddy-vs-pauly)
- **padma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paddy-vs-padma)
- **pappy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paddy-vs-pappy)
- **parody** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paddy-vs-parody)
- **payday** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paddy-vs-payday)

## Common misspellings (6)
`apddy`, `paddyy`, `pady`, `padyd`, `pdady`, `ppaddy`

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