# shaky

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈʃeɪki/ · frequency rank #16,125

## Definitions
1. Shaking or trembling.
2. Nervous, anxious.
3. Full of shakes or cracks; cracked.
4. Easily shaken; tottering; unsound.
5. Wavering; undecided.

## Etymology
From shake + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **sky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaky-vs-sky)
- **shy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaky-vs-shy)
- **stay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaky-vs-stay)
- **shaw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaky-vs-shaw)
- **sway** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaky-vs-sway)
- **soak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaky-vs-soak)
- **sham** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaky-vs-sham)
- **slay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaky-vs-slay)
- **shan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaky-vs-shan)
- **shay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaky-vs-shay)
- **shat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaky-vs-shat)
- **Shek** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaky-vs-shek)
- **share** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaky-vs-share)
- **shall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaky-vs-shall)
- **shape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaky-vs-shape)
- **shame** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaky-vs-shame)
- **sharp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaky-vs-sharp)
- **snake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaky-vs-snake)
- **stake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaky-vs-stake)
- **shark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaky-vs-shark)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hsaky`, `sahky`, `shakky`, `shakyy`, `shayk`, `shhaky`, `shkay`, `sshaky`

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