laggy
/ˈlæɡi/
"laggy" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“laggy” is uncommon English (frequency #74,254 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,254
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having a delayed response to a change in the factors influencing it.
Corpus desk
Index EN-laggy · laggy · English
laggy · rank #74,254 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,254
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 16,425
- PHOTO-FINISH laika
Nearest frequency peer: laika (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “laggy”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Krzyzewski
Krzyzewski
25,753 corpus weight
- kurta
kurta
25,750 corpus weight
- laggy
laggy
25,747 corpus weight
- laika
laika
25,746 corpus weight
- lawyering
lawyering
25,743 corpus weight
- Lazlo
Lazlo
25,742 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “laggy” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laggy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈlæɡi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #74,254 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “laggy” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
laggy is uncommon English at frequency #74,254 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈlæɡi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for laggy, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From lag + -y. The correct English form is laggy, spelled L-A-G-G-Y.
Definition
- 1Having a delayed response to a change in the factors influencing it.
- 2Tending to lag, or respond slowly because of network latency.
Etymology
From lag + -y.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.