loiter-sack

noun

"loiter-sack" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A lazy person.

Corpus desk

Index EN-loiter-sack · loiter-sack · English

loiter-sack · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for loiter-sack
PropertyValue
Headwordloiter-sack
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “loiter-sack” in English

loiter-sackfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

loiter-sack is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A lazy person.".

Zero misspellings are on record for loiter-sack in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From loiter + sack. The correct English form is loiter-sack, spelled L-O-I-T-E-R---S-A-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    A lazy person.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. I maruell I heare no nevves of Dromio, either hee ſlackes the matter, or betrayes his maiſter, I dare not motion anie thing to Stellio, till I knovve vvhat my boy hath don; Ile hunt him out, if the loiterſacke be gone ſpringing into a tauerne, Ile fetch him reeling out.

Etymology

From loiter + sack.

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 "loiter-sack"?
"loiter-sack" is spelled L-O-I-T-E-R---S-A-C-K.
What does "loiter-sack" mean?
As a noun, "loiter-sack" means: A lazy person.
What is the origin of the word "loiter-sack"?
From loiter + sack. 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