laid-back
"laid-back" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“laid-back” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Relaxed and easy-going; demonstrating an absence of stress or worry.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laid-back |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “laid-back” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for laid-back is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Relaxed and easy-going; demonstrating an absence of stress or worry.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for laid-back in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From U.S. slang (circa 1950s). Presumably originally a metaphor — literally, "sitting in a tilted-back chair", a relaxed posture. The correct English form is laid-back, spelled L-A-I-D---B-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1Relaxed and easy-going; demonstrating an absence of stress or worry.
Etymology
From U.S. slang (circa 1950s). Presumably originally a metaphor — literally, "sitting in a tilted-back chair", a relaxed posture.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “laid-back”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-A-I-D---B-A-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.