# langer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlæŋɚ/ · frequency rank #32,055

## Definitions
1. Fool; idiot; annoying or contemptible person (usually male).
2. An annoying person.
3. Penis.

## Etymology
Uncertain. Suggestions include:
* from langur monkeys, via the Munster Fusiliers regiment stationed in India
* from languor
* from lang, variant of long
* from "on the lang", supposed variant of on the lam
* from leangaire, a word in Cnósach Focal ó Bhaile Bhúirne, a dictionary of the Muskerry Gaeltacht. It means an unusually long slender salmon.

## Easily confused with
- **later** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/langer-vs-later)
- **large** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/langer-vs-large)
- **layer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/langer-vs-layer)
- **laser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/langer-vs-laser)
- **liner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/langer-vs-liner)
- **loner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/langer-vs-loner)
- **lunge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/langer-vs-lunge)
- **lazer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/langer-vs-lazer)
- **leger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/langer-vs-leger)
- **luger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/langer-vs-luger)
- **laver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/langer-vs-laver)
- **longer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/langer-vs-longer)
- **larger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/langer-vs-larger)
- **lawyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/langer-vs-lawyer)
- **latter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/langer-vs-latter)
- **lender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/langer-vs-lender)
- **ledger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/langer-vs-ledger)
- **linger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/langer-vs-linger)
- **longed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/langer-vs-longed)
- **Lawler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/langer-vs-lawler)

## Common misspellings (9)
`alnger`, `lagner`, `lanegr`, `langerr`, `langger`, `langre`, `lannger`, `llanger`, `lnager`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/langer