splashy
/ˈsplæʃi/
"splashy" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“splashy” is uncommon English (frequency #68,657 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,657
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relating to making splashes or the sound of splashing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-splashy · splashy · English
splashy · rank #68,657 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,657
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH soupy
Nearest frequency peer: soupy (-2 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 “splashy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Soraya
Soraya
31,347 corpus weight
- soupy
soupy
31,346 corpus weight
- splashy
splashy
31,344 corpus weight
- starched
starched
31,342 corpus weight
- stargazer
stargazer
31,341 corpus weight
- statecraft
statecraft
31,340 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “splashy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | splashy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsplæʃi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,657 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “splashy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
splashy is uncommon English at frequency #68,657 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈsplæʃi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for splashy, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From splash + -y. The correct English form is splashy, spelled S-P-L-A-S-H-Y.
Definition
- 1Relating to making splashes or the sound of splashing.
- 2Showy, ostentatious.
- 3Splashed with color.
- 4Wet and muddy; full of dirty water.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how splashy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His splashy car was supposed to show his wealth, but instead it showed his poor taste.
Which suggests that the man in the middle of what will be the planet’s splashiest shindig this weekend far prefers the stillness and privacy he finds about 1,500 miles away from London, on unpaved roads and rugged woods near the Carpathian Mountains.
Etymology
From splash + -y.
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).