# showy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈʃəʊ.i/ · frequency rank #37,687

## Definitions
1. Calling attention; flashy; standing out to the eye.
2. Making a striking or aesthetically pleasing display.
3. Inclined to showing (by conveying an impression so that events are described in the narrative), instead of telling (by explicitly stating facts).

## Etymology
From show (noun) + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **shy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showy-vs-shy)
- **soy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showy-vs-soy)
- **sow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showy-vs-sow)
- **slow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showy-vs-slow)
- **snow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showy-vs-snow)
- **Sony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showy-vs-sony)
- **stow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showy-vs-stow)
- **sown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showy-vs-sown)
- **story** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showy-vs-story)
- **snowy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showy-vs-snowy)
- **slows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showy-vs-slows)
- **smoky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showy-vs-smoky)
- **stony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showy-vs-stony)
- **snows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showy-vs-snows)
- **Stowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showy-vs-stowe)
- **slowly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showy-vs-slowly)
- **sho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sho-vs-showy)
- **show** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/show-vs-showy)
- **shot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shot-vs-showy)
- **shop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shop-vs-showy)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hsowy`, `shhowy`, `showwy`, `showyy`, `shoyw`, `shwoy`, `sohwy`, `sshowy`

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