# large

> English word · Adjective · IPA /lɑːd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #399

## Definitions
1. Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
2. That is large (the manufactured size).
3. Abundant; ample.
4. Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
5. Free; unencumbered.
6. Unrestrained 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.

## Etymology
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).

## Easily confused with
- **late** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/large-vs-late)
- **lure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/large-vs-lure)
- **lore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/large-vs-lore)
- **Lars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/large-vs-lars)
- **lark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/large-vs-lark)
- **lire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/large-vs-lire)
- **luge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/large-vs-luge)
- **lyre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/large-vs-lyre)
- **laugh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/large-vs-laugh)
- **Larry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/large-vs-larry)
- **lodge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/large-vs-lodge)
- **ledge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/large-vs-ledge)
- **latte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/large-vs-latte)
- **larva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/large-vs-larva)
- **Laude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/large-vs-laude)
- **liege** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/large-vs-liege)
- **lathe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/large-vs-lathe)
- **lunge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/large-vs-lunge)
- **Layne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/large-vs-layne)
- **larger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/large-vs-larger)

## Common misspellings (7)
`alrge`, `lagre`, `lareg`, `largge`, `larrge`, `llarge`, `lrage`

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