# sappy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈsæpi/ · frequency rank #42,879

## Definitions
1. Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy)
2. Having (a particularly large amount of) sap.
3. Juicy.
4. Spongy; Having spaces in which large quantities of sap can flow.

## Etymology
From Middle English sappy, sapy, from Old English sæpiġ (“full of sap, succulent”), equivalent to sap + -y. Cognate with West Frisian sappig (“juicy”), Dutch sappig (“juicy, succulent”), Middle High German saffic, seffec ("juicy, succulent"; > German saftig), Danish saftig (“juicy”), Swedish saftig (“juicy”). Doublet of zaftig.

## Easily confused with
- **say** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sappy-vs-say)
- **spy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sappy-vs-spy)
- **supp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sappy-vs-supp)
- **savvy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sappy-vs-savvy)
- **sassy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sappy-vs-sassy)
- **Savoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sappy-vs-savoy)
- **saucy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sappy-vs-saucy)
- **soapy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sappy-vs-soapy)
- **supply** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sappy-vs-supply)
- **sloppy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sappy-vs-sloppy)
- **snappy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sappy-vs-snappy)
- **swampy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sappy-vs-swampy)
- **Skippy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sappy-vs-skippy)
- **scrappy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sappy-vs-scrappy)
- **sap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sap-vs-sappy)
- **sandy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sandy-vs-sappy)
- **sadly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sadly-vs-sappy)
- **sally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sally-vs-sappy)
- **salty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salty-vs-sappy)
- **Sammy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sammy-vs-sappy)

## Common misspellings (6)
`asppy`, `sappyy`, `sapy`, `sapyp`, `spapy`, `ssappy`

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