lazy ass
[ˈleɪ̯.zi.æs]
"lazy-ass" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lazy ass” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who is lazy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lazy-ass · lazy ass · English
lazy ass · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lazy ass |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈleɪ̯.zi.æs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lazy ass” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lazy ass is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈleɪ̯.zi.æs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who is lazy.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for lazy ass in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is lazy ass, spelled L-A-Z-Y- -A-S-S.
Definition
- 1A person who is lazy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lazy ass appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The only redeeming thing about dragging your ass to Baldwin on Mondays is checking your school e-mail account (technological lazyass that I am, I still haven't figured out how to access it from a remote computer).
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.