shakey
"shakey" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shakey” is uncommon English (frequency #71,911 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,911
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative spelling of shaky.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shakey · shakey · English
shakey · rank #71,911 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,911
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH shahi
Nearest frequency peer: shahi (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “shakey”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Shadi
Shadi
28,092 corpus weight
- shahi
shahi
28,091 corpus weight
- shakey
shakey
28,090 corpus weight
- shanked
shanked
28,089 corpus weight
- Shehu
Shehu
28,088 corpus weight
- Sheringham
Sheringham
28,087 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “shakey” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shakey |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,911 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “shakey” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
shakey is uncommon English at frequency #71,911 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of shaky.".
Zero misspellings are on record for shakey in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is shakey, spelled S-H-A-K-E-Y.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of shaky.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how shakey appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Erma thought for awhile^([sic]) and then with a shakey voice confronted Lisa and exclaimed, "I didn't think this would happen, but I will do this if it will help you.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.