# slacks

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #33,420

## Definitions
1. Semi-formal trousers which are less formal than those that are part of a suit but nowadays are considered suitable casualwear in most offices. (Takes a plural verb even when referring to a single pair; may be referred to as a pair of slacks.)

## Easily confused with
- **sucks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slacks-vs-sucks)
- **stack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slacks-vs-stack)
- **socks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slacks-vs-socks)
- **snack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slacks-vs-snack)
- **slick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slacks-vs-slick)
- **smack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slacks-vs-smack)
- **spaces** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slacks-vs-spaces)
- **stocks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slacks-vs-stocks)
- **slaves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slacks-vs-slaves)
- **sticks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slacks-vs-sticks)
- **Sparks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slacks-vs-sparks)
- **stacks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slacks-vs-stacks)
- **Slates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slacks-vs-slates)
- **sack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sack-vs-slacks)
- **sacs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacs-vs-slacks)
- **slack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slack-vs-slacks)
- **Sacks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacks-vs-slacks)
- **Sachs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sachs-vs-slacks)
- **shack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shack-vs-slacks)
- **slabs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slabs-vs-slacks)

## Common misspellings (10)
`lsacks`, `salcks`, `slaccks`, `slackks`, `slackss`, `slacsk`, `slakcs`, `slcaks`, `sllacks`, `sslacks`

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