Leggings
[ˈlɛɡɪŋs]
The verdict
“Leggings” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #37,050 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #37,050
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - enganliegendes, strumpfartiges Beinkleid, das eine Einheit aus Hose und beiden Strümpfen (ohne Fußteil) ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Leggings |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlɛɡɪŋs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #37,050 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Leggings” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Leggings is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlɛɡɪŋs]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,050 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "enganliegendes, strumpfartiges Beinkleid, das eine Einheit aus Hose und beiden Strümpfen (ohne Fußteil) ist".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Leggings, with forms such as "elggings", "leggigns", and "legginggs". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Leggings, spelled L-E-G-G-I-N-G-S.
Definition
- 1enganliegendes, strumpfartiges Beinkleid, das eine Einheit aus Hose und beiden Strümpfen (ohne Fußteil) ist
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: elggings,leggigns,legginggs,leggingss,legginngs,legginsg,leggnigs,legigngs,legings,lgegings,lleggings
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Leggings - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Leggings”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-E-G-G-I-N-G-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈlɛɡɪŋs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.