# touchy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈtʌt͡ʃi/ · frequency rank #24,340

## Definitions
1. Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness.
2. Easily offended, oversensitive.
3. Inclined to engage in physical touch.

## Etymology
A variant of earlier tetchy (“cranky, easily annoyed, difficult to handle”), under influence from some senses of touch (“affect, disturb”) and simulating touch + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **tough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/touchy-vs-tough)
- **touch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/touch-vs-touchy)
- **torch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torch-vs-touchy)
- **touched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/touched-vs-touchy)
- **touches** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/touches-vs-touchy)

## Common misspellings (9)
`otuchy`, `tocuhy`, `toucchy`, `touchhy`, `touchyy`, `toucyh`, `touhcy`, `ttouchy`, `tuochy`

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