# wacky

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈwæk.iː/ · frequency rank #20,013

## Definitions
1. Zany; eccentric.

## Etymology
From whack (“someone who whacked his head onto something often, hence being weird”) + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **way** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wacky-vs-way)
- **walk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wacky-vs-walk)
- **wake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wacky-vs-wake)
- **wary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wacky-vs-wary)
- **wick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wacky-vs-wick)
- **wavy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wacky-vs-wavy)
- **Waco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wacky-vs-waco)
- **wank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wacky-vs-wank)
- **waka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wacky-vs-waka)
- **waxy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wacky-vs-waxy)
- **walks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wacky-vs-walks)
- **Wally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wacky-vs-wally)
- **whack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wacky-vs-whack)
- **wonky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wacky-vs-wonky)
- **washy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wacky-vs-washy)
- **Wac** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wac-vs-wacky)
- **wack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wack-vs-wacky)

## Common misspellings (8)
`awcky`, `waccky`, `wackky`, `wackyy`, `wacyk`, `wakcy`, `wcaky`, `wwacky`

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