techy
/ˈtɛki/
"techy" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“techy” is uncommon English (frequency #75,474 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,474
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Technical, of or related to technology.
Corpus desk
Index EN-techy · techy · English
techy · rank #75,474 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,474
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH teardown
Nearest frequency peer: teardown (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “techy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Tatarstan
Tatarstan
24,530 corpus weight
- teardown
teardown
24,528 corpus weight
- techy
techy
24,527 corpus weight
- telecommuti…
telecommuting
24,526 corpus weight
- telephonic
telephonic
24,525 corpus weight
- telephoning
telephoning
24,524 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “techy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | techy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈtɛki/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #75,474 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “techy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
techy is uncommon English at frequency #75,474 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈtɛki/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Technical, of or related to technology.".
techy doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tech + -y. Compare techie. The correct English form is techy, spelled T-E-C-H-Y.
Definition
- 1Technical, of or related to technology.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how techy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Are there any techy types around? My computer has stopped working.
Understanding its significance requires reading four of the techiest paragraphs you'll read all day, but it's worth the slog.
Etymology
From tech + -y. Compare techie.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).