# baggy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈbæɡi/ · frequency rank #23,467

## Definitions
1. Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.
2. Of or relating to a British music genre of the 1980s and 1990s, influenced by Madchester and psychedelia and associated with baggy clothing.
3. Of writing, etc.: overwrought; flabby; having too much padding.

## Etymology
From bag + -y (adjectival suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **bay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baggy-vs-bay)
- **bags** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baggy-vs-bags)
- **bang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baggy-vs-bang)
- **bigg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baggy-vs-bigg)
- **Barry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baggy-vs-barry)
- **barge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baggy-vs-barge)
- **bangs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baggy-vs-bangs)
- **buggy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baggy-vs-buggy)
- **Bragg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baggy-vs-bragg)
- **Biggs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baggy-vs-biggs)
- **bogey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baggy-vs-bogey)
- **batty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baggy-vs-batty)
- **bally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baggy-vs-bally)
- **balmy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baggy-vs-balmy)
- **baldy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baggy-vs-baldy)
- **bawdy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baggy-vs-bawdy)
- **bandy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baggy-vs-bandy)
- **Bagley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baggy-vs-bagley)
- **bag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bag-vs-baggy)
- **baby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baby-vs-baggy)

## Common misspellings (6)
`abggy`, `baggyy`, `bagy`, `bagyg`, `bbaggy`, `bgagy`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/baggy