snaky
/ˈsneɪki/
"snaky" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“snaky” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Resembling or relating to snakes; snakelike.
Corpus desk
Index EN-snaky · snaky · English
snaky · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | snaky |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsneɪki/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “snaky” in English
Rare enough to double-check
snaky is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈsneɪki/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for snaky, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From snake + -y. The correct English form is snaky, spelled S-N-A-K-Y.
Definition
- 1Resembling or relating to snakes; snakelike.
- 2Windy; winding; twisty; sinuous, wavy.
- 3Sly; cunning; deceitful.
- 4Covered with serpents; having serpents.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how snaky appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[S]ome of Serpent kinde Wondrous in length and corpulence involv'd Thir Snakie foulds, and added wings.
There is a snaky gleam in her hard grey eye, as of anticipated rounds of buttered toast, relays of hot chops, worryings and quellings of young children, sharp snappings at poor Berry, and all the other delights of her Ogress's castle.
Etymology
From snake + -y.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.