# league

> English word · Noun · IPA /liːɡ/ · frequency rank #772

## Definitions
1. A group or association of cooperating members.
2. An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.
3. Ellipsis of rugby league.
4. A class or type of people or things that are evenly matched or on the same level.
5. A prefecture-level administrative unit in Inner Mongolia (Chinese: 盟).
6. An alliance or coalition.

## Etymology
From Middle English liege, ligg, lige (“a pact between governments, an agreement, alliance”), from Middle French ligue, from Italian lega, from the verb legare, from Latin ligō (“I tie”).

## Easily confused with
- **leave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/league-vs-leave)
- **lease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/league-vs-lease)
- **ledge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/league-vs-ledge)
- **Lepage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/league-vs-lepage)
- **legume** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/league-vs-legume)
- **leagues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/league-vs-leagues)

## Common misspellings (7)
`elague`, `laegue`, `leageu`, `leaggue`, `leauge`, `legaue`, `lleague`

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