# tipsy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈtɪp.si/ · frequency rank #34,319

## Definitions
1. Slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages.
2. Unsteady, askew.
3. Containing alcohol.

## Etymology
From tips + -y. Compare artsy, folksy, and sudsy.

## Easily confused with
- **TPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tipsy-vs-tps)
- **tops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tipsy-vs-tops)
- **tits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tipsy-vs-tits)
- **trips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tipsy-vs-trips)
- **titty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tipsy-vs-titty)
- **Topsy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tipsy-vs-topsy)
- **trippy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tipsy-vs-trippy)
- **tip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tip-vs-tipsy)
- **tiny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiny-vs-tipsy)
- **tips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tips-vs-tipsy)
- **taps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taps-vs-tipsy)
- **tidy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tidy-vs-tipsy)
- **tics** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tics-vs-tipsy)
- **Timmy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timmy-vs-tipsy)
- **tilly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tilly-vs-tipsy)

## Common misspellings (8)
`itpsy`, `tippsy`, `tipssy`, `tipsyy`, `tipys`, `tispy`, `tpisy`, `ttipsy`

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