# steamy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈstiː.mi/ · frequency rank #25,936

## Definitions
1. Warm and humid; full of steam.
2. Resembling or characteristic of steam.
3. Erotic.

## Etymology
From steam + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **stem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steamy-vs-stem)
- **stray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steamy-vs-stray)
- **Swamy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steamy-vs-swamy)
- **stream** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steamy-vs-stream)
- **sweaty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steamy-vs-sweaty)
- **stormy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steamy-vs-stormy)
- **steely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steamy-vs-steely)
- **streams** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steamy-vs-streams)
- **stay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stay-vs-steamy)
- **seam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seam-vs-steamy)
- **steam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steam-vs-steamy)
- **steal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steal-vs-steamy)
- **stamp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stamp-vs-steamy)
- **steak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steak-vs-steamy)
- **Stacy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacy-vs-steamy)
- **seams** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seams-vs-steamy)
- **stead** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stead-vs-steamy)
- **steady** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steady-vs-steamy)
- **steals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steals-vs-steamy)
- **sneaky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sneaky-vs-steamy)

## Common misspellings (9)
`setamy`, `ssteamy`, `staemy`, `steammy`, `steamyy`, `steaym`, `stemay`, `stteamy`, `tseamy`

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