sloughy
/ˈslaʊ.i/
"sloughy" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sloughy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having the characteristics of a wetland; marshy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sloughy · sloughy · English
sloughy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sloughy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈslaʊ.i/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sloughy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sloughy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈslaʊ.i/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having the characteristics of a wetland; marshy.".
sloughy has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From slough (“marshy area”) + -y. The correct English form is sloughy, spelled S-L-O-U-G-H-Y.
Definition
- 1Having the characteristics of a wetland; marshy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sloughy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Neither should that odious custom be allowed, of cutting scraws, (as they call them) which is flaying off the green surface of the ground, to cover their cabins; or make up their ditches; sometimes in shallow soils, where all is gravel within a few inches; and sometimes in low ground, with a thin greensward, and sloughy underneath; which last turns all in…
The Swedish Reform Church was in a sloughy, weedy district, near a group of factories.
Etymology
From slough (“marshy area”) + -y.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.