pikey
/ˈpaɪ.ki/
"pikey" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pikey” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A pike (type of fish).
Corpus desk
Index EN-pikey · pikey · English
pikey · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pikey |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpaɪ.ki/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pikey” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pikey is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpaɪ.ki/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A pike (type of fish).".
pikey has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pike + -y. The correct English form is pikey, spelled P-I-K-E-Y.
Definition
- 1A pike (type of fish).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pikey appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The first time he comes to the surface of the water he gasps for breath, his huge mouth gapes, he gives his head a shake and out tumbles the bait, hooks and all, not one of them having had hold, and away goes pikey quite satisfied with his entertainment pro tem., and wondering what that ugly two-legged moster with the hop pole in his hand, and who looked…
In 1876, in twelve fishings in the same months, there were caught 31 Pikeys, 4 Spotted Dogs, and 441 Nowds.
Etymology
From pike + -y.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.