# Lacey

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #20,405

## Definitions
1. A Norman habitational surname from Old French from a place Lassy in Calvados.
2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
3. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
4. A placename
5. A placename

## Easily confused with
- **lay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacey-vs-lay)
- **ley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacey-vs-ley)
- **late** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacey-vs-late)
- **lady** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacey-vs-lady)
- **lack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacey-vs-lack)
- **lake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacey-vs-lake)
- **lane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacey-vs-lane)
- **lazy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacey-vs-lazy)
- **Lucy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacey-vs-lucy)
- **lame** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacey-vs-lame)
- **lacy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacey-vs-lacy)
- **lice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacey-vs-lice)
- **luce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacey-vs-luce)
- **later** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacey-vs-later)
- **lucky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacey-vs-lucky)
- **layer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacey-vs-layer)
- **Larry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacey-vs-larry)
- **laser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacey-vs-laser)
- **lakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacey-vs-lakes)
- **lanes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacey-vs-lanes)

## Common misspellings (7)
`alcey`, `laccey`, `laceyy`, `lacye`, `laecy`, `lcaey`, `llacey`

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