lazybones
/ˈleɪziˌboʊnz/noun
lazybones is spelled L-A-Z-Y-B-O-N-E-S: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lazybones means “A person who is lazy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in lazybones?
| Letters | 9: L-A-Z-Y-B-O-N-E-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 182,517th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is lazybones?
Lazybones appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th 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 lazybones?
- US /ˈleɪziˌboʊnz/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-lazybones.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does lazybones mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangA person who is lazy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lazybones in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who is lazy:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | flemmard, fainéant, fainéante |
| German | Faulpelz, Faultier, Faulenzer |
| Portuguese | pessoa preguiçosa |
| Spanish | holgazán, haragán, fiacún |
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 lazybones come from?
From lazy + bones.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).