spotty

Other forms of spotty

comparative or superlative

spottier

comparative or superlative

spottiest

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 spotty

What does spotty mean?

spotty means "having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in spotty?

spotty has 2 syllables: spot-ty. The stress falls on "spot". In IPA it is /ˈspɑti/.

What is another word for spotty?

Close synonyms include patched, spotted, uneven, scratchy. 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 spotty a common word?

spotty 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.