scratty
/ˈskɹati/
"scratty" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“scratty” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Thin, meagre; unkempt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scratty |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈskɹati/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “scratty” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
scratty is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈskɹati/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Thin, meagre; unkempt.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for scratty in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is scratty, spelled S-C-R-A-T-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Thin, meagre; unkempt.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “scratty”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-C-R-A-T-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈskɹati/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.