yakky
/ˈjæki/
"yakky" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“yakky” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chatty, talkative
Corpus desk
Index EN-yakky · yakky · English
yakky · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Y" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yakky |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈjæki/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “yakky” in English
Rare enough to double-check
yakky is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈjæki/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "chatty, talkative".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for yakky, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From yak + -y. The correct English form is yakky, spelled Y-A-K-K-Y.
Definition
- 1chatty, talkative
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how yakky appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I notice my husband and Ken are not talking to each other, most unusual in such a yakky family.
A little skinny kid had started working behind the bar, and I'd swear he was James Joyce's great grandson: thin face, thick glasses and a frail physique. He was yakky and a bit snappy and thoroughly entertaining
Etymology
From yak + -y.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.