# speedy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈspiː.di/ · frequency rank #12,144

## Definitions
1. Proceeding with or characterized by high speed; rapid.

## Etymology
From Middle English spedy, spedi, from Old English spēdiġ (“having good speed, lucky, prosperous; having means, wealthy, opulent, rich in material wealth; rich in, abounding in, abundant, plenteous, copious; powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *spōdigaz (“successful, hurried”), equivalent to speed + -y. Cognate with Scots speedy (“speedy”), Dutch spoedig (“speedy, swift, rapid, quick”), German sputig, spudig (“industrious, speedy”).

## Easily confused with
- **spend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speedy-vs-spend)
- **steed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speedy-vs-steed)
- **speer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speedy-vs-speer)
- **steady** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speedy-vs-steady)
- **steely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speedy-vs-steely)
- **sweety** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speedy-vs-sweety)
- **seed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seed-vs-speedy)
- **sped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sped-vs-speedy)
- **speed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speed-vs-speedy)
- **seeds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeds-vs-speedy)
- **seedy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seedy-vs-speedy)
- **speech** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speech-vs-speedy)
- **speeds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speeds-vs-speedy)
- **sleepy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleepy-vs-speedy)
- **speedo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speedo-vs-speedy)
- **speedway** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speedway-vs-speedy)
- **speedily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speedily-vs-speedy)

## Common misspellings (9)
`pseedy`, `sepedy`, `spedey`, `spedy`, `speeddy`, `speedyy`, `speeyd`, `sppeedy`, `sspeedy`

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