wormy
"wormy" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wormy” is uncommon English (frequency #92,257 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,257
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or like a worm or worms; shaped like a worm or worms.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wormy · wormy · English
wormy · rank #92,257 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,257
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH workaday
Nearest frequency peer: workaday (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “wormy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- wisecracking
wisecracking
7,751 corpus weight
- wordlessly
wordlessly
7,746 corpus weight
- workaday
workaday
7,745 corpus weight
- wormy
wormy
7,744 corpus weight
- Wurlitzer
Wurlitzer
7,742 corpus weight
- XSS
XSS
7,736 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “wormy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wormy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #92,257 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “wormy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
wormy is uncommon English at frequency #92,257 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
wormy doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From worm + -y. The correct English form is wormy, spelled W-O-R-M-Y.
Definition
- 1Of or like a worm or worms; shaped like a worm or worms.
- 2Infested with worms.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wormy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Siamese boy brought in plates containing wormy shreds of over-fried egg, seasoned with blackened bits of onion.
I am your witness. If their Ladyships so much as mention the word FIRE or STEERPIKE, you shall take them with you under wormy ground.
Etymology
From worm + -y.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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