sluggard
noun
sluggard is spelled S-L-U-G-G-A-R-D: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sluggard means “A person who is lazy, stupid, or idle by habit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sluggard is sluggards.
How many letters and syllables are in sluggard?
| Letters | 8: S-L-U-G-G-A-R-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 38 million words; the 189,524th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is sluggard?
Sluggard appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th 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 sluggard?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sluggard.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sluggard
- sluggards plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sluggard mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who is lazy, stupid, or idle by habit.
- 2
A person slow to begin necessary work, a slothful person.
- 3
A fearful or cowardly person, a poltroon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sluggard in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense lazy or idle person:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fainéant, fainéante, flemmard, flemmarde |
| German | Faulpelz, Nichtstuer |
| Portuguese | molenga, moleirão |
| Spanish | remolón |
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 sluggard come from?
From Middle English slogarde, probably ultimately of Old Norse origin. Equivalent to slug + -ard (“pejorative agent suffix”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).