slippy
/ˈslɪpi/
"slippy" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“slippy” is uncommon English (frequency #67,837 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,837
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Slippery.
Corpus desk
Index EN-slippy · slippy · English
slippy · rank #67,837 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,837
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Sklar
Nearest frequency peer: Sklar (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “slippy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Sklar
Sklar
32,165 corpus weight
- slippy
slippy
32,164 corpus weight
- Slovene
Slovene
32,163 corpus weight
- smallholder
smallholder
32,162 corpus weight
- smarting
smarting
32,161 corpus weight
- smidgen
smidgen
32,160 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “slippy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | slippy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈslɪpi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,837 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “slippy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
slippy is uncommon English at frequency #67,837 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈslɪpi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
slippy doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From slip + -y. Compare Old English slipiġ (“slippy, slimy, viscid”). The correct English form is slippy, spelled S-L-I-P-P-Y.
Definition
- 1Slippery.
- 2Spry, nimble.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how slippy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It was darker now and there were stones and bits of wood on the strand and slippy seaweed.
Well, come on then, let's look slippy.
Etymology
From slip + -y. Compare Old English slipiġ (“slippy, slimy, viscid”).
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.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).