# stuffy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈstʌfi/ · frequency rank #28,035

## Definitions
1. Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.
2. Uncomfortably warm without sufficient air circulation.
3. Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
4. Angry and obstinate; sulky.
5. Boring, old-fashioned, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.
6. Stout; sturdy.

## Etymology
From stuff + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **sturdy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stuffy-vs-sturdy)
- **study** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/study-vs-stuffy)
- **stuff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stuff-vs-stuffy)
- **staff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staff-vs-stuffy)
- **stiff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stiff-vs-stuffy)
- **snuff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snuff-vs-stuffy)
- **stuffs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stuffs-vs-stuffy)
- **stubby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stubby-vs-stuffy)
- **stuffed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stuffed-vs-stuffy)
- **scruffy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scruffy-vs-stuffy)

## Common misspellings (8)
`sstuffy`, `stfufy`, `sttuffy`, `stuffyy`, `stufy`, `stufyf`, `sutffy`, `tsuffy`

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