# leger vs lemur

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### leger
*adjective · IPA /ˈlɛd͡ʒə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #42,234*
Light; slender, slim; trivial.

### lemur
*noun · IPA /ˈliːmə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #48,861*
Any strepsirrhine primate of the superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.

## Source
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