# sporty

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈspɔɹti/ · frequency rank #25,593

## Definitions
1. Fond of sports.
2. Suitable for use in sport.
3. stylish with a fun, bold, vibrant quality or appearance.

## Etymology
From sport + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **spot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sporty-vs-spot)
- **story** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sporty-vs-story)
- **spots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sporty-vs-spots)
- **spray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sporty-vs-spray)
- **spout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sporty-vs-spout)
- **spurt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sporty-vs-spurt)
- **storey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sporty-vs-storey)
- **stormy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sporty-vs-stormy)
- **spotty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sporty-vs-spotty)
- **sort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sort-vs-sporty)
- **short** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/short-vs-sporty)
- **sorry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sorry-vs-sporty)
- **sport** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sport-vs-sporty)
- **sorts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sorts-vs-sporty)
- **sorta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sorta-vs-sporty)
- **snort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snort-vs-sporty)
- **spore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spore-vs-sporty)
- **sports** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sports-vs-sporty)
- **shorts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorts-vs-sporty)
- **spooky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spooky-vs-sporty)

## Common misspellings (10)
`psorty`, `soprty`, `sporrty`, `sportty`, `sportyy`, `sporyt`, `spotry`, `spporty`, `sproty`, `ssporty`

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