slacked
"slacked" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“slacked” is uncommon English (frequency #83,759 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,759
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Dressed in slacks.
Corpus desk
Index EN-slacked · slacked · English
slacked · rank #83,759 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,759
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH slimline
Nearest frequency peer: slimline (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “slacked”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- silty
silty
16,249 corpus weight
- sinfulness
sinfulness
16,248 corpus weight
- sitch
sitch
16,245 corpus weight
- slacked
slacked
16,242 corpus weight
- slimline
slimline
16,240 corpus weight
- sny
sny
16,237 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “slacked” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | slacked |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,759 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “slacked” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
slacked is uncommon English at frequency #83,759 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dressed in slacks.".
Zero misspellings are on record for slacked in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From slack (attributive form of slacks) + -ed (“having”). The correct English form is slacked, spelled S-L-A-C-K-E-D.
Definition
- 1Dressed in slacks.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how slacked appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“I’ll never forget the day the real-estate man called to tell me this place was for sale!” Carole screamed, pulling her slacked legs up under her chin, locking her arms around them.
It has moved from Negro slavery to a most inclusive theoretical equality before the law; from the seclusion and limitation of women to women’s suffrage and to the slacked woman-worker in factories.
Etymology
From slack (attributive form of slacks) + -ed (“having”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.