sharky
"sharky" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sharky” is uncommon English (frequency #89,895 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,895
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Resembling or characteristic of a shark.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sharky · sharky · English
sharky · rank #89,895 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,895
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH Sette
Nearest frequency peer: Sette (-2 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 “sharky”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Serna
Serna
10,111 corpus weight
- serotype
serotype
10,110 corpus weight
- Serpico
Serpico
10,109 corpus weight
- Sette
Sette
10,108 corpus weight
- sharky
sharky
10,106 corpus weight
- Shelia
Shelia
10,104 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sharky” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sharky |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,895 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sharky” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sharky is uncommon English at frequency #89,895 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for sharky in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From shark + -y. The correct English form is sharky, spelled S-H-A-R-K-Y.
Definition
- 1Resembling or characteristic of a shark.
- 2Indicating possible presence of sharks.
Etymology
From shark + -y.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sharky", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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.