# leger vs Lester

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Lester
*name · IPA /ˈlɛstɚ/ · frequency rank #11,911*
A surname from Old English derived from the English place name Leicester.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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