spacy
"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
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 | spacy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “spacy” in English
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
- 1spaced-out
- 2eccentric
- 3spacious; having much space
- 4of, related to or connected with the extraterrestrial
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how spacy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This car is very spacy.
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.