# rowdy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɹaʊ̯di/ · frequency rank #22,203

## Definitions
1. Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.

## Etymology
Possibly from row (“noisy argument”), originally used as a noun.

## Easily confused with
- **Roy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rowdy-vs-roy)
- **rows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rowdy-vs-rows)
- **Rudy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rowdy-vs-rudy)
- **Rowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rowdy-vs-rowe)
- **Roxy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rowdy-vs-roxy)
- **rower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rowdy-vs-rower)
- **ruddy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rowdy-vs-ruddy)
- **rowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rowdy-vs-rowed)
- **Rowley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rowdy-vs-rowley)
- **row** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/row-vs-rowdy)
- **rod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rod-vs-rowdy)
- **road** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/road-vs-rowdy)
- **rode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rode-vs-rowdy)
- **Rory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rory-vs-rowdy)
- **rods** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rods-vs-rowdy)
- **rosy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rosy-vs-rowdy)
- **rood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rood-vs-rowdy)
- **ready** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ready-vs-rowdy)
- **roads** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roads-vs-rowdy)
- **rocky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocky-vs-rowdy)

## Common misspellings (8)
`orwdy`, `rodwy`, `rowddy`, `rowdyy`, `rowwdy`, `rowyd`, `rrowdy`, `rwody`

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