# spotty

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #31,358

## Definitions
1. Having spots; spotted.
2. Occurring in non-contiguous positions or locations.
3. Of inconsistent quality.
4. Inconsistent: not reliably good, sometimes bad.

## Etymology
From Middle English spotty, equivalent to spot + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **spout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spotty-vs-spout)
- **spot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spot-vs-spotty)
- **sport** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sport-vs-spotty)
- **Scott** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scott-vs-spotty)
- **spots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spots-vs-spotty)
- **sports** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sports-vs-spotty)
- **shitty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shitty-vs-spotty)
- **spooky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spooky-vs-spotty)
- **shorty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorty-vs-spotty)
- **Scotty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scotty-vs-spotty)
- **slutty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slutty-vs-spotty)
- **sporty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sporty-vs-spotty)
- **spongy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spongy-vs-spotty)
- **spotted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spotted-vs-spotty)
- **spotter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spotter-vs-spotty)

## Common misspellings (8)
`psotty`, `soptty`, `spottyy`, `spoty`, `spotyt`, `sppotty`, `sptoty`, `sspotty`

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