# loony

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈluːni/ · frequency rank #38,025

## Definitions
1. Insane.
2. Very silly, absurd.

## Etymology
Shortened from lunatic, and likely also from loon ("rascal", and also the bird) + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **loy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loony-vs-loy)
- **loop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loony-vs-loop)
- **Lyon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loony-vs-lyon)
- **loot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loony-vs-loot)
- **loos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loony-vs-loos)
- **loose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loony-vs-loose)
- **loops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loony-vs-loops)
- **Lyons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loony-vs-lyons)
- **lowry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loony-vs-lowry)
- **lousy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loony-vs-lousy)
- **lowly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loony-vs-lowly)
- **lorry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loony-vs-lorry)
- **Lorna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loony-vs-lorna)
- **lovey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loony-vs-lovey)
- **loopy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loony-vs-loopy)
- **loo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loo-vs-loony)
- **Lon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lon-vs-loony)
- **long** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/long-vs-loony)
- **look** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/look-vs-loony)
- **loan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loan-vs-loony)

## Common misspellings (7)
`lloony`, `lonoy`, `lony`, `loonny`, `loonyy`, `looyn`, `olony`

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