pecky
adjective
pecky is spelled P-E-C-K-Y: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, pecky means “Discoloured by fungus growth or insects” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pecky?
| Letters | 5: P-E-C-K-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 69 million words; the 262,293rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is pecky?
Pecky appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce pecky?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pecky.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pecky
- more pecky comparative
- peckier comparative
- most pecky superlative
- peckiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pecky mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Discoloured by fungus growth or insects.
pecky rice
- 2
Inclined to peck.
a very pecky hen
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pecky come from?
From peck + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).