# shelly

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈʃɛli/ · frequency rank #19,457

## Definitions
1. Composed of the shells of dead marine creatures
2. Resembling, or comprising, the shell of a mollusc
3. Abounding with shells.

## Etymology
From shell + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **smell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelly-vs-smell)
- **silly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelly-vs-silly)
- **spell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelly-vs-spell)
- **swell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelly-vs-swell)
- **sully** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelly-vs-sully)
- **snell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelly-vs-snell)
- **shill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelly-vs-shill)
- **stella** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelly-vs-stella)
- **sherry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelly-vs-sherry)
- **smelly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelly-vs-smelly)
- **steely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelly-vs-steely)
- **sell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sell-vs-shelly)
- **shall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shall-vs-shelly)
- **shell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shell-vs-shelly)
- **sells** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sells-vs-shelly)
- **shelf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelf-vs-shelly)
- **sally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sally-vs-shelly)
- **Selby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selby-vs-shelly)
- **she'll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/she-ll-vs-shelly)
- **shells** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shells-vs-shelly)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hselly`, `sehlly`, `shellyy`, `shely`, `shelyl`, `shhelly`, `shlely`, `sshelly`

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