lazybones
/ˈleɪziˌboʊnz/
"lazybones" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lazybones” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who is lazy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lazybones · lazybones · English
lazybones · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | lazybones |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈleɪziˌboʊnz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lazybones” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lazybones is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈleɪziˌboʊnz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who is lazy.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lazybones, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From lazy + bones. The correct English form is lazybones, spelled L-A-Z-Y-B-O-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1A person who is lazy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lazybones appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The foremost traveller stopped and called impatiently to his companion. "Come on, can't yer? What a lazybones yer are, Charlotte."
His father thought that there was no doubt some more suitable work to be found for him, for he who should watch hares ought to be light and smart, and no lazybones, and when the hares began to run and fly about, there would be quite another dance than hanging about the house all day doing nothing.
Etymology
From lazy + bones.
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.