# sucky

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈsʌki/ · frequency rank #46,799

## Definitions
1. Being something which sucks, which is unpleasant or inferior.
2. Tending to suck up or ingratiate oneself.

## Etymology
From suck + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **sunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sucky-vs-sunk)
- **SUNY** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sucky-vs-suny)
- **suki** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sucky-vs-suki)
- **sunny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sucky-vs-sunny)
- **sully** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sucky-vs-sully)
- **surly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sucky-vs-surly)
- **surry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sucky-vs-surry)
- **sky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sky-vs-sucky)
- **such** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/such-vs-sucky)
- **sick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sick-vs-sucky)
- **suck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suck-vs-sucky)
- **sack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sack-vs-sucky)
- **sock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sock-vs-sucky)
- **stuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stuck-vs-sucky)
- **sucks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sucks-vs-sucky)
- **socks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/socks-vs-sucky)
- **Sacks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacks-vs-sucky)
- **shaky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaky-vs-sucky)
- **smoky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoky-vs-sucky)
- **snuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snuck-vs-sucky)

## Common misspellings (8)
`scuky`, `ssucky`, `succky`, `suckky`, `suckyy`, `sucyk`, `sukcy`, `uscky`

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