The correct spelling is squeaky, not squeeky. Squeaky is the standard, dictionary-approved spelling for something that makes a squeaking sound, such as a squeaky door, squeaky toy, squeaky voice, or squeaky clean. The misspelling squeeky occurs because people associate the ee sound with week, but the correct form follows squeak plus y, so squeak becomes squeaky. You can remember it because squeak is spelled with ea, so squeaky keeps that ea. Squeaky is an adjective meaning that something squeaks or tends to squeak, or in slang meaning morally clean as in squeaky clean. The comparative forms are squeakier and squeakiest. Squeeky is not recognized in major dictionaries like Merriam-Webster or Oxford and will be flagged by spell check as incorrect. So you should always write squeaky door, squeaky toy, squeaky floor, squeaky voice, not squeeky. If you are writing about the high-pitched sound, the noun is squeak, adjective squeaky, verb squeaked. So answer is it is squeaky, not squeeky.
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