laggy
/ˈlæɡi/adjective
laggy is spelled L-A-G-G-Y: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, laggy means “Having a delayed response to a change in the factors influencing it” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in laggy?
| Letters | 5: L-A-G-G-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 74,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is laggy?
Laggy appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,122nd 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 laggy?
- /ˈlæɡi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-laggy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of laggy
- laggier comparative
- laggiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does laggy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having a delayed response to a change in the factors influencing it.
Gasoline prices usually show a laggier response to crude-oil price reduction than to crude-oil price increases.
- 2
informalTending to lag, or respond slowly because of network latency.
I've given up trying to play on that laggy server.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does laggy come from?
From lag + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).