# randy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɹændi/ · frequency rank #8,078

## Definitions
1. Sexually aroused; full of sexual lust.
2. Rude or coarse in manner.

## Etymology
First use appears c. 1665 in a letter by the Earl of Argyll. From Scottish randy (“boisterous, aggressive”), of uncertain origin. Probably from rand (“to storm, rave”, verb), a variant of rant, see rant; or from rand (“edge”, noun), in the sense of "edgy, on edge", from Middle English rand (“edge, brink, margin, border”), from Old English rand (“edge, border, margin, rim”). Related to randan.

## Easily confused with
- **ray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/randy-vs-ray)
- **rank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/randy-vs-rank)
- **rang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/randy-vs-rang)
- **rant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/randy-vs-rant)
- **Rudy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/randy-vs-rudy)
- **rani** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/randy-vs-rani)
- **rind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/randy-vs-rind)
- **ready** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/randy-vs-ready)
- **range** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/randy-vs-range)
- **ranks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/randy-vs-ranks)
- **rowdy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/randy-vs-rowdy)
- **rants** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/randy-vs-rants)
- **Reddy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/randy-vs-reddy)
- **rondo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/randy-vs-rondo)
- **ruddy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/randy-vs-ruddy)
- **Ronny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/randy-vs-ronny)
- **roddy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/randy-vs-roddy)
- **Ronda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/randy-vs-ronda)
- **runny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/randy-vs-runny)
- **raspy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/randy-vs-raspy)

## Common misspellings (8)
`arndy`, `radny`, `randdy`, `randyy`, `ranndy`, `ranyd`, `rnady`, `rrandy`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/randy