lazy louse

noun

"lazy-louse" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“lazy louse” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who is lazy; a lazy ass.

Corpus desk

Index EN-lazy-louse · lazy louse · English

lazy louse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for lazy louse
PropertyValue
Headwordlazy louse
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “lazy louse” in English

lazy lousesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lazy louse is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who is lazy; a lazy ass.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lazy louse, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From lazy + louse (“a contemptible person”). The correct English form is lazy louse, spelled L-A-Z-Y- -L-O-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    One who is lazy; a lazy ass.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how lazy louse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "Lift the body, Phil," I said, "and get going. Don't be a lazy louse." "All right, all right!" [author's italics] He got quickly to his feet and giving Paul a sour look, disappeared through the door of my screened back gallery.
  2. Early, moving toward the woodpile, mutters, 'Jest wait till I grow up and see if you lazy louses can make me chop wood 'cause I'm the littlest.' Only when the welfare of the children was at stake did the ranch women become dictatorial.

Etymology

From lazy + louse (“a contemptible person”).

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lazy louse"?
"lazy louse" is spelled L-A-Z-Y- -L-O-U-S-E.
What does "lazy louse" mean?
As a noun, "lazy louse" means: One who is lazy; a lazy ass.
What is the origin of the word "lazy louse"?
From lazy + louse (“a contemptible person”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list