laze
/leɪz/verb, noun
laze is spelled L-A-Z-E: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 78,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, laze means “To be lazy, waste time” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in laze?
| Letters | 4: L-A-Z-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 78,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is laze?
Laze appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 78,613th 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 laze?
- /leɪz/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-laze.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with laze
Sounds like: lase (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with laze?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as laze.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: zeal.
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 laze
- lazes present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- lazing participle, present
- lazed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does laze mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To be lazy, waste time.
- 2
To pass time relaxing; to relax, lounge.
The cat spent the afternoon lazing in the sun.
noun
- 1
An instance of lazing.
I had a laze on the beach after lunch.
- 2
Laziness.
The laze is real.
- 3
Acidic steam created when super-hot lava contacts salt water.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Laze in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense be lazy, waste time:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Däumchen drehen, faulenzen |
| Portuguese | vadiar |
| Spanish | holgazanear, haraganear, estar a la bartola, zanganear, flojear |
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 laze come from?
Back-formation from lazy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).