acrasy
/ˈækɹəsi/
"acrasy" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“acrasy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of acrasia (“lack of self-control; intemperance, excess; also, irregular or unruly behaviour”); (countable) an instance of this.
Corpus desk
Index EN-acrasy · acrasy · English
acrasy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acrasy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈækɹəsi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “acrasy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
acrasy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈækɹəsi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of acrasia (“lack of self-control; intemperance, excess; also, irregular or unruly behaviour”); (countable) an instance of this.".
No misspelling variants are generated for acrasy in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Late Latin acrasia (“lack of temperance”), and from its etymon Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κρᾱσῐ́ᾱ (ăkrāsĭ́ā, “bad mixture”) (see further at acrasia) + English -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting conditions, qualities, or states). The correct English form is acrasy, spelled A-C-R-A-S-Y.
Definition
- 1Synonym of acrasia (“lack of self-control; intemperance, excess; also, irregular or unruly behaviour”); (countable) an instance of this.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how acrasy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a. 1658, Anthony Farindon, a sermon Deſpair may have its original not onely from the acraſie and diſcompoſedneſs of the outward man[…]
There will be hesitancy in what is said, and irregularity in what is done, but it will be but the acrasy of youth or of genius,―the spirit and purpose of progress will be there, and we can cheerfully wait its time.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin acrasia (“lack of temperance”), and from its etymon Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κρᾱσῐ́ᾱ (ăkrāsĭ́ā, “bad mixture”) (see further at acrasia) + English -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting conditions, qualities, or states).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.