lacy
/ˈleɪ.si/adjective
lacy is spelled L-A-C-Y: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “lacey vs lacy” about 70 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, lacy means “Made of lace or decorated with it” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in lacy?
| Letters | 4: L-A-C-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,516th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is lacy?
Lacy appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce lacy?
- UK /ˈleɪ.si/
Lacy has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-lacy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with lacy
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: lacey.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with lacy?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as lacy (/eɪsi/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: clay, acyl.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of lacy
- lacier comparative
- laciest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lacy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Made of lace or decorated with it.
lacy lingerie
- 2
Looking like lace.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lacy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | de dentelle, semblable à de la dentelle , comme de la dentelle |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does lacy come from?
From lace + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).