lucky
/ˈlʌki/adjective, noun
lucky is spelled L-U-C-K-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 59 times per million words in written English, the 1,758th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, lucky means “Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in lucky?
| Letters | 5: L-U-C-K-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 59 times per million words; the 1,758th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is lucky?
Lucky appears 59 times per million words in written English, the 1,758th 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 lucky?
- US /ˈlʌki/
- /ˈlʊki/
- /ˈlʌke/
Lucky 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-us-lucky.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lucky?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as lucky from its last stressed vowel (/ʌki/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of lucky
- luckier comparative
- more lucky comparative
- luckiest superlative
- most lucky superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lucky mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.
a lucky adventurer
- 2
Producing, or resulting in, good fortune
a lucky mistake
noun
- 1
seven
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lucky in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chanceux, heureux, veinard , fortuné |
| German | glücklich , glückbringend |
| Portuguese | sortudo |
| Spanish | afortunado, suertudo, lechero, suertero, lechoso , fortunado |
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 lucky come from?
From Middle English lukky, equivalent to luck + -y. Cognate with Scots lucky (“lucky”), West Frisian lokkich (“lucky, fortunate”), Dutch gelukkig (“lucky, fortunate, happy”). Compare also Danish lykkelig (“happy”), Swedish lycklig (“happy, lucky”), German glücklich (“happy”), Saterland Frisian glukkelk (“happy”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).