peppery
/ˈpɛpəɹi/
"peppery" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“peppery” is uncommon English (frequency #62,403 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,403
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Resembling or characteristic of pepper, especially in having a spicy taste.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | peppery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpɛpəɹi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,403 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “peppery” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
peppery is uncommon English at frequency #62,403 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈpɛpəɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for peppery, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pepper + -y. The correct English form is peppery, spelled P-E-P-P-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Resembling or characteristic of pepper, especially in having a spicy taste.
- 2Having a fiery temperament.
Etymology
From pepper + -y.
This word in other languages
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 “peppery”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-E-P-P-E-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.