ratty

Other forms of ratty

comparative or superlative

rattier

comparative or superlative

rattiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ratty

What does ratty mean?

ratty means "of or characteristic of rats". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ratty?

ratty has 2 syllables: rat-ty. The stress falls on "rat". In IPA it is /ˈɹæti/.

What is another word for ratty?

Close synonyms include moth-eaten, shabby, tatty. 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 ratty a common word?

ratty is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.