# spongy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈspʌnd͡ʒi/ · frequency rank #46,191

## Definitions
1. Having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy or porous.
2. Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy.
3. Drunk.

## Etymology
From spong(e) + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **stony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spongy-vs-stony)
- **spooky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spongy-vs-spooky)
- **sporty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spongy-vs-sporty)
- **stingy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spongy-vs-stingy)
- **spotty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spongy-vs-spotty)
- **stoney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spongy-vs-stoney)
- **song** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/song-vs-spongy)
- **Sony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sony-vs-spongy)
- **songs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/songs-vs-spongy)
- **sonny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonny-vs-spongy)
- **soggy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soggy-vs-spongy)
- **spiny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spiny-vs-spongy)
- **Seong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seong-vs-spongy)
- **sponge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sponge-vs-spongy)

## Common misspellings (10)
`psongy`, `sopngy`, `spnogy`, `spogny`, `sponggy`, `spongyy`, `sponngy`, `sponyg`, `sppongy`, `sspongy`

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