# stormy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈstɔɹmi/ · frequency rank #15,923

## Definitions
1. Of or pertaining to storms.
2. Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with strong winds and heavy rain.
3. Proceeding from violent agitation or fury.
4. Violent; passionate; rough.

## Etymology
From Middle English stormy, stormi, from Old English *stormiġ (“stormy”), equivalent to storm + -y. Cognate with Dutch stormig (“stormy”), German stürmisch (“stormy”), Swedish stormig (“stormy”).

## Easily confused with
- **story** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stormy-vs-story)
- **stray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stormy-vs-stray)
- **Sturm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stormy-vs-sturm)
- **sturdy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stormy-vs-sturdy)
- **sorry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sorry-vs-stormy)
- **store** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/store-vs-stormy)
- **storm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/storm-vs-stormy)
- **stony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stony-vs-stormy)
- **stomp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stomp-vs-stormy)
- **stork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stork-vs-stormy)
- **stores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stores-vs-stormy)
- **storms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/storms-vs-stormy)
- **storey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/storey-vs-stormy)
- **shorty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorty-vs-stormy)
- **starry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starry-vs-stormy)
- **sporty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sporty-vs-stormy)
- **steamy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steamy-vs-stormy)
- **stoney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stoney-vs-stormy)
- **stocky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stocky-vs-stormy)

## Common misspellings (10)
`sotrmy`, `sstormy`, `stomry`, `stormmy`, `stormyy`, `storrmy`, `storym`, `stromy`, `sttormy`, `tsormy`

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