spacy

adj

"spacy" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“spacy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - spaced-out

Corpus desk

Index EN-spacy · spacy · English

spacy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for spacy
PropertyValue
Headwordspacy
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “spacy” in English

spacyfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

spacy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for spacy in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From space + -y. The correct English form is spacy, spelled S-P-A-C-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    spaced-out
  2. 2
    eccentric
  3. 3
    spacious; having much space
  4. 4
    of, related to or connected with the extraterrestrial

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how spacy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. This car is very spacy.
  2. His latest CD sounds very spacy.

Etymology

From space + -y.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "spacy"?
"spacy" is spelled S-P-A-C-Y.
What does "spacy" mean?
As an adjective, "spacy" means: spaced-out
What is the origin of the word "spacy"?
From space + -y. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list