# woody

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈwʊdi/ · frequency rank #9,423

## Definitions
1. Covered in woods; wooded.
2. Consisting of wood; resembling wood in appearance or texture.
3. Belonging to the woods; sylvan.
4. Non-herbaceous.
5. Lignified.

## Etymology
From Middle English woodi, wody, wodi, equivalent to wood + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **word** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woody-vs-word)
- **wool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woody-vs-wool)
- **woof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woody-vs-woof)
- **wook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woody-vs-wook)
- **words** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woody-vs-words)
- **worry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woody-vs-worry)
- **Woolf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woody-vs-woolf)
- **wordy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woody-vs-wordy)
- **woolly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woody-vs-woolly)
- **woo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woo-vs-woody)
- **wood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wood-vs-woody)
- **wold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wold-vs-woody)
- **woods** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woods-vs-woody)
- **Wendy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wendy-vs-woody)
- **windy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/windy-vs-woody)
- **wonky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wonky-vs-woody)
- **wooden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wooden-vs-woody)
- **wooded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wooded-vs-woody)
- **Woodley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woodley-vs-woody)

## Common misspellings (7)
`owody`, `wodoy`, `wody`, `wooddy`, `woodyy`, `wooyd`, `wwoody`

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