spiky

What does spiky mean?

spiky means "having or as if having especially high-pitched spots".

How many syllables are in spiky?

spiky has 2 syllables: spi-ky. The stress falls on "spi". In IPA it is /ˈspaɪki/.

What is another word for spiky?

Close synonyms include peaky. 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 spiky a common word?

spiky is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for spiky come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.