poofy
/ˈpuːfi/
"poofy" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“poofy” is uncommon English (frequency #81,711 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,711
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to something that is puffy, filled with air, inflated.
Corpus desk
Index EN-poofy · poofy · English
poofy · rank #81,711 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,711
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pollan
Nearest frequency peer: pollan (-3 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “poofy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- plaits
plaits
18,296 corpus weight
- pollan
pollan
18,293 corpus weight
- poofy
poofy
18,290 corpus weight
- Portrush
Portrush
18,287 corpus weight
- prednisolone
prednisolone
18,285 corpus weight
- preschooler
preschooler
18,284 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “poofy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poofy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpuːfi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #81,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “poofy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
poofy is uncommon English at frequency #81,711 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈpuːfi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
poofy doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Probably a blend of poof + puffy. The correct English form is poofy, spelled P-O-O-F-Y.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to something that is puffy, filled with air, inflated.
- 2Capable of making a poofing sound.
Etymology
Probably a blend of poof + puffy.
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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