thoughty
/ˈθɔːti/
"thoughty" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thoughty” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Given to serious thought or reflection; either attentive or pensive.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thoughty · thoughty · English
thoughty · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thoughty |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈθɔːti/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “thoughty” in English
Rare enough to double-check
thoughty is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈθɔːti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Given to serious thought or reflection; either attentive or pensive.".
Zero misspellings are on record for thoughty in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English thoughty, thoghty, equivalent to thought + -y. Cognate with Scots thochty, thouchty (“thoughty”), Dutch gedachtig (“thoughty”), German gedächtig (“suspicious”). The correct English form is thoughty, spelled T-H-O-U-G-H-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Given to serious thought or reflection; either attentive or pensive.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how thoughty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His pouch was now all void and empty, his future years were like to be sour, thoughty, and woe-begone, and himself a cumberworld, unsicker of his scarce and slender livelihood in lickpenny London, forced to beg, steal, or starve, and gaping after honest death.
[...] "there was no questioning Glenn's ability. He was a very 'thoughty' guy. And he was also a very sly one — for Glenn Miller."
Etymology
From Middle English thoughty, thoghty, equivalent to thought + -y. Cognate with Scots thochty, thouchty (“thoughty”), Dutch gedachtig (“thoughty”), German gedächtig (“suspicious”).
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.