vacay
/ˈveɪkeɪ/
"vacay" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vacay” is uncommon English (frequency #87,956 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,956
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A vacation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vacay · vacay · English
vacay · rank #87,956 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,956
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH UWS
Nearest frequency peer: UWS (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “vacay”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- urf
urf
12,049 corpus weight
- Ursuline
Ursuline
12,047 corpus weight
- UWS
UWS
12,046 corpus weight
- vacay
vacay
12,045 corpus weight
- vacillating
vacillating
12,044 corpus weight
- Valmont
Valmont
12,042 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “vacay” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vacay |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈveɪkeɪ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #87,956 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “vacay” in English
Rare enough to double-check
vacay is uncommon English at frequency #87,956 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈveɪkeɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A vacation.".
Zero misspellings are on record for vacay in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of vacation, with -y to clarify pronunciation. Compare cray (“crazy”). The correct English form is vacay, spelled V-A-C-A-Y.
Definition
- 1A vacation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vacay appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I don’t know if Italy is quite the right vacay spot for you, Mary Cherry. Too much pasta.
She and beau Glenn were going to the Caymans for a little vacay in Aug.
Etymology
Clipping of vacation, with -y to clarify pronunciation. Compare cray (“crazy”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).