scatty
adjective, noun
scatty is spelled S-C-A-T-T-Y: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, scatty means “Scatterbrained; flighty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in scatty?
| Letters | 6: S-C-A-T-T-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 27 million words; the 157,761st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is scatty?
Scatty appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce scatty?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-scatty.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of scatty
- scattier comparative
- scattiest superlative
- scatties plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scatty mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
IrelandslangScatterbrained; flighty.
- 2
UKslangMessy; filthy; disgusting.
- 3
Showery; rainy.
noun
- 1
A fish of species Scatophagus tetracanthus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).