pitchy
/ˈpɪt͡ʃi/
"pitchy" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pitchy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, pertaining to, or resembling pitch.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pitchy · pitchy · English
pitchy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | pitchy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpɪt͡ʃi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pitchy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pitchy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈpɪt͡ʃi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pitchy, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English pycchy, pychy, equivalent to pitch + -y. The correct English form is pitchy, spelled P-I-T-C-H-Y.
Definition
- 1Of, pertaining to, or resembling pitch.
- 2Very dark black; pitch-black.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pitchy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mancunium, Manceaster, what we now call Manchester, spins no cotton […] The Creek of the Mersey gurgles, twice in the four-and-twenty hours, with eddying brine, clangorous with sea-fowl; and is a Lither-Pool, a lazy or sullen Pool, no monstrous pitchy City, and Seahaven of the world!
In front of me the road became pitchy black as though it was tarred, and I saw a contorted shape lying across the pathway.
Etymology
From Middle English pycchy, pychy, equivalent to pitch + -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.