scaredy
"scaredy" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“scaredy” is uncommon English (frequency #71,887 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,887
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Characterised by being timorous or afraid.
Corpus desk
Index EN-scaredy · scaredy · English
scaredy · rank #71,887 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,887
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH schnapps
Nearest frequency peer: schnapps (+1 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 “scaredy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Sapir
Sapir
28,119 corpus weight
- satay
satay
28,117 corpus weight
- scaredy
scaredy
28,114 corpus weight
- schnapps
schnapps
28,113 corpus weight
- Schrödinger
Schrödinger
28,111 corpus weight
- scrutinise
scrutinise
28,108 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “scaredy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scaredy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,887 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “scaredy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
scaredy is uncommon English at frequency #71,887 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Characterised by being timorous or afraid.".
scaredy has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Back-formation from scaredy-cat, equivalent to scared + -y. The correct English form is scaredy, spelled S-C-A-R-E-D-Y.
Definition
- 1Characterised by being timorous or afraid.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how scaredy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Prescott's sister calls him a scaredy kitten because he's afraid of the dark.
"Wait, Rufus!" cried the child. "Are you afraid of a bunny rabbit? You are such a scaredy dog!
Etymology
Back-formation from scaredy-cat, equivalent to scared + -y.
This word in other languages
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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