slugabed
/ˈslʌɡəbɛd/
"slugabed" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“slugabed” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A lazy person who lies in bed after the usual time for getting up; a sluggard.
Corpus desk
Index EN-slugabed · slugabed · English
slugabed · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | slugabed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈslʌɡəbɛd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “slugabed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
slugabed is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈslʌɡəbɛd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A lazy person who lies in bed after the usual time for getting up; a sluggard.".
No misspelling variants are generated for slugabed in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From slug (“(obsolete) to move slowly or sluggishly; to lie idle”) + abed (“in bed”). The correct English form is slugabed, spelled S-L-U-G-A-B-E-D.
Definition
- 1A lazy person who lies in bed after the usual time for getting up; a sluggard.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how slugabed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Why Lambe, why Lady, fie you ſluggabed, / Why Loue I ſay, Madam, ſweeteheart, why Bride: / What not a word, you take your penniworths now, / Sleepe for a weeke, […]
Get up, get up for shame, the blooming morne / Upon her wings presents the god unshorne. / See how Aurora throwes her faire / Fresh-quilted colours through the aire; / Get up, sweet slug-a-bed, and see / The dew bespangling herbe and tree.
Etymology
From slug (“(obsolete) to move slowly or sluggishly; to lie idle”) + abed (“in bed”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.