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loopy

/ˈluː.pi/adjective

loopy is spelled L-O-O-P-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, loopy means “Having loops” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in loopy?

Letters5: L-O-O-P-Y
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 43,187th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is loopy?

Loopy appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th 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 loopy?

  • /ˈluː.pi/

Loopy has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-loopy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of loopy

  • loopier comparative
  • loopiest superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does loopy mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Having loops.

    a loopy rollercoaster

  2. 2

    slangIdiotic; crazy.

  3. 3

    slangUnder the influence of alcohol or a narcotic; drunk.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Loopy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchplein de courbes (Having loops), timbré, fada, bourré (Idiotic, crazy or drunk)
Germangewunden (Having loops), durchgeknallt (Idiotic, crazy or drunk)
Portuguesemaluco (Idiotic, crazy or drunk)
Spanishzumbado (Idiotic, crazy or drunk)

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 loopy come from?

From loop + -y.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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