# tricky

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈtɹɪk.i/ · frequency rank #7,629

## Definitions
1. Hard to deal with, complicated.
2. Adept at using deception.
3. Relating to or associated with a prostitution trick.

## Etymology
From trick + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **truck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tricky-vs-truck)
- **trucks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tricky-vs-trucks)
- **trippy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tricky-vs-trippy)
- **tick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tick-vs-tricky)
- **track** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/track-vs-tricky)
- **trick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trick-vs-tricky)
- **thick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thick-vs-tricky)
- **Tracy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracy-vs-tricky)
- **ticks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ticks-vs-tricky)
- **tacky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tacky-vs-tricky)
- **tracks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracks-vs-tricky)
- **tricks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tricks-vs-tricky)
- **Tracey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracey-vs-tricky)
- **Tricia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tricia-vs-tricky)
- **thicke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thicke-vs-tricky)
- **trickle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trickle-vs-tricky)
- **thickly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thickly-vs-tricky)
- **trickery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trickery-vs-tricky)

## Common misspellings (10)
`rticky`, `tircky`, `trciky`, `triccky`, `trickky`, `trickyy`, `tricyk`, `trikcy`, `trricky`, `ttricky`

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