Lacey or lacy?
lacey is an adjective meaning “Alternative spelling of lacy”; lacy is an adjective meaning “Made of lace or decorated with it”. Wiktionary gives them as spellings of the same word. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) lacey is about as common as lacy.
What is the difference between lacey and lacy?
| lacey | lacy | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | adjective | adjective |
| Meaning | Alternative spelling of lacy | Made of lace or decorated with it Looking like lace |
| Example | none recorded | lacy lingerie |
| Forms | lacier, laciest | lacier, laciest |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /ˈleɪ.si/ |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words | 1.7 times per million words |
Sources: lacey and lacy in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of lacey and lacy
lacey
- 1
Alternative spelling of lacy
lacy
- 1
Made of lace or decorated with it
lacy lingerie
- 2
Looking like lace
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, lacey or lacy?
lacey appears 1.9 times per million words; lacy 1.7 times per million words.
lacey 1.9 times per million wordslacy 1.7 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search lacey vs lacy?
“lacey vs lacy” is searched about 70 times a month on Google and 10 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“lacy vs lacey”, “lacey or lacy”).
Sources: Google Ads keyword data through DataForSEO and Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, the average month from September 2025 to August 2026.