# wordy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈwɝdi/ · frequency rank #49,727

## Definitions
1. Using an excessive number of words.

## Etymology
From Middle English wordy, woordi, from Old English wordiġ (“wordy, verbose”), equivalent to word + -y. Cognate with Icelandic orðigur (“wordy”).

## Easily confused with
- **wry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wordy-vs-wry)
- **work** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wordy-vs-work)
- **wore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wordy-vs-wore)
- **worn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wordy-vs-worn)
- **worm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wordy-vs-worm)
- **Wray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wordy-vs-wray)
- **wort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wordy-vs-wort)
- **world** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wordy-vs-world)
- **works** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wordy-vs-works)
- **worth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wordy-vs-worth)
- **worst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wordy-vs-worst)
- **worse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wordy-vs-worse)
- **worry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wordy-vs-worry)
- **Worms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wordy-vs-worms)
- **worthy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wordy-vs-worthy)
- **worlds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wordy-vs-worlds)
- **worldly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wordy-vs-worldly)
- **workday** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wordy-vs-workday)
- **wor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wor-vs-wordy)
- **word** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/word-vs-wordy)

## Common misspellings (8)
`owrdy`, `wodry`, `worddy`, `wordyy`, `worrdy`, `woryd`, `wrody`, `wwordy`

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