large
/lɑɹd͡ʒ/adjective, noun, adverb
large is spelled L-A-R-G-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 245 times per million words in written English, the 402nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, large means “Of considerable or relatively great size or extent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in large?
| Letters | 5: L-A-R-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 245 times per million words; the 402nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is large?
Large appears 245 times per million words in written English, the 402nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce large?
- UK /lɑːd͡ʒ/
- US /lɑɹd͡ʒ/
- /læɹd͡ʒ/
Large has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-large.ogg, En-us-large.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with large?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as large from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹdʒ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: glare, regal, lager.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of large
- larger comparative
- largest superlative
- larges plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does large mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
Russia is a large country. The fruit-fly has large eyes for its body size. He has a large collection of stamps.
- 2
That is large (the manufactured size).
- 3
obsoleteAbundant; ample.
- 4
archaicFull in statement; diffuse; profuse.
- 5
obsoleteFree; unencumbered.
- 6
obsoleteUnrestrained by decorum; said of language.
- 7
Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.
noun
- 1
obsoleteAn old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
- 2
obsoleteLiberality, generosity.
- 3
slangA thousand dollars/pounds.
Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large.
- 4
One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, larger than a medium.
- 5
An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
One small coffee and two larges, please.
- 6
One who fits an item of that size.
adverb
- 1
Before the wind.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate large?
Wiktionary records 6 abbreviations of large: BRL, L, MSL, RAL, lg., lge.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Large in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of greater size – see also big:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does large come from?
From Middle English large, from Old French large, from Latin larga, feminine of largus (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”), of uncertain ultimate origin; see there for more. Along with big, it mostly displaced Middle English stoor and muchel (the latter surviving in much under a different meaning).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).