# lucky

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈlʌki/ · frequency rank #1,766

## Definitions
1. Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.
2. Producing, or resulting in, good fortune

## Etymology
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”).

## Easily confused with
- **Luk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucky-vs-luk)
- **Luke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucky-vs-luke)
- **Lucy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucky-vs-lucy)
- **Luka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucky-vs-luka)
- **lurk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucky-vs-lurk)
- **lumpy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucky-vs-lumpy)
- **lusty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucky-vs-lusty)
- **Lundy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucky-vs-lundy)
- **lack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lack-vs-lucky)
- **luck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luck-vs-lucky)
- **lock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lock-vs-lucky)
- **lick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lick-vs-lucky)
- **Luca** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luca-vs-lucky)
- **lacy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacy-vs-lucky)
- **luce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luce-vs-lucky)
- **Lucas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucas-vs-lucky)
- **locks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/locks-vs-lucky)
- **lacks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacks-vs-lucky)
- **Locke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/locke-vs-lucky)
- **Lucia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucia-vs-lucky)

## Common misspellings (8)
`lcuky`, `llucky`, `luccky`, `luckky`, `luckyy`, `lucyk`, `lukcy`, `ulcky`

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