chaffy

Questions about chaffy

What does chaffy mean?

chaffy means "abounding in or covered with or resembling or consisting of chaff". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chaffy?

chaffy has 2 syllables: chaf-fy. The stress falls on "chaf". In IPA it is /ˈtʃæfi/.

What is another word for chaffy?

Close synonyms include chafflike. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chaffy a common word?

chaffy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.