LeRoy

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The verdict

“LeRoy” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,649. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,649
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - englischer männlicher Vorname

Corpus desk

Index DE-leroy · LeRoy · German

LeRoy · rank #25,649 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,649
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Liebende

Nearest frequency peer: Liebende (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „LeRoy“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „LeRoy“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

LeRoy vs of
20% similar
LeRoy vs TO
0% similar
LeRoy vs video
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for LeRoy
PropertyValue
HeadwordLeRoy
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#25,649
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „LeRoy“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).LeRoyliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Liebende“ (#25,650), „leiht“ (#25,647), „LL“ (#25,651). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „LeRoy“ bei #25,649. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around LeRoy (IPA […]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #25,649 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "englischer männlicher Vorname".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for LeRoy, with forms such as "elroy", "leory", and "leroyy". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "of", "TO", "video", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is LeRoy, spelled L-E-R-O-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    englischer männlicher Vorname

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elroy
  • leory
  • leroyy
  • lerroy
  • leryo
  • lleroy
  • lreoy

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of LeRoy - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

elroy2leory2leroyy1lerroy1leryo2lleroy1lreoy2
Edit distance from "LeRoy"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "LeRoy"?
"LeRoy" is spelled L-E-R-O-Y. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "LeRoy" mean?
As a proper noun, "LeRoy" means: englischer männlicher Vorname
What words are commonly confused with "LeRoy"?
"LeRoy" is commonly confused with "of", "TO", "video". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "LeRoy"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "LeRoy" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "LeRoy" come from?
"LeRoy" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "LeRoy", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list