# looney

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #28,981

## Definitions
1. Alternative spelling of loony.

## Etymology
At least from 1829.

## Easily confused with
- **loose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/looney-vs-loose)
- **loony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/looney-vs-loony)
- **lovey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/looney-vs-lovey)
- **loopy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/looney-vs-loopy)
- **loosen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/looney-vs-loosen)
- **looser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/looney-vs-looser)
- **looped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/looney-vs-looped)
- **lowkey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/looney-vs-lowkey)
- **loosely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/looney-vs-loosely)
- **lone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lone-vs-looney)
- **loon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loon-vs-looney)
- **loner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loner-vs-looney)
- **Laney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laney-vs-looney)
- **looked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/looked-vs-looney)
- **lonely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lonely-vs-looney)
- **Lionel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lionel-vs-looney)

## Common misspellings (8)
`llooney`, `loney`, `lonoey`, `looeny`, `looneyy`, `loonney`, `loonye`, `oloney`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/looney