streaky
/ˈstɹiːki/adjective
streaky is spelled S-T-R-E-A-K-Y: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 55,433rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, streaky means “Having streaks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in streaky?
| Letters | 7: S-T-R-E-A-K-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 55,433rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is streaky?
Streaky appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 55,433rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce streaky?
- /ˈstɹiːki/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-streaky.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of streaky
- streakier comparative
- streakiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does streaky mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having streaks.
- 2
Used to describe a shot where the ball deflects off the edge of the bat, but is not caught by the slips or wicket-keeper and instead results in runs for the batsman.
- 3
Unpredictable, variable; having periods of good and bad (e.g. weather).
It was one of those streaky days you often find at the end of a Kerry winter, with little spurts of cold rain and puffs of chilling wind and now and then glimpses of weak sunshine.
- 4
CanadaUSHaving alternating periods of good and bad performances; inconsistent.
Jones has always been a streaky hitter
- 5
archaicslangHaving periods of irritation or bad temper.
- 6
Not well-executed, due to luck more than skill.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does streaky come from?
From streak + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).