# soapy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈsəʊpi/ · frequency rank #39,572

## Definitions
1. Literal senses:
2. Literal senses:
3. Literal senses:
4. Resembling a soap opera.
5. Committing or involving flattery.

## Etymology
From soap + -y. Compare German Low German sepig (“soapy”), German seifig (“soapy”), Swedish såpig (“soapy”).

## Easily confused with
- **spy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soapy-vs-spy)
- **soy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soapy-vs-soy)
- **sop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soapy-vs-sop)
- **stay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soapy-vs-stay)
- **Sony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soapy-vs-sony)
- **soup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soapy-vs-soup)
- **swap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soapy-vs-swap)
- **sway** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soapy-vs-sway)
- **soar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soapy-vs-soar)
- **sorry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soapy-vs-sorry)
- **sonny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soapy-vs-sonny)
- **Stacy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soapy-vs-stacy)
- **soggy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soapy-vs-soggy)
- **Swamy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soapy-vs-swamy)
- **staph** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soapy-vs-staph)
- **swampy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soapy-vs-swampy)
- **say** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/say-vs-soapy)
- **sap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sap-vs-soapy)
- **SoA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soa-vs-soapy)
- **snap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snap-vs-soapy)

## Common misspellings (7)
`osapy`, `saopy`, `soappy`, `soapyy`, `soayp`, `sopay`, `ssoapy`

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