Leander
/liːˈændɚ/
"leander" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Leander” is uncommon English (frequency #50,039 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,039
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The lover of Hero who swam every night across the Hellespont to meet her, and finally was drowned.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Leander |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /liːˈændɚ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,039 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Leander” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Leander is uncommon English at frequency #50,039 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /liːˈændɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Leander in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Λέανδρος (Léandros), from λέων (léōn, “lion”) + ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). The correct English form is Leander, spelled L-E-A-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1The lover of Hero who swam every night across the Hellespont to meet her, and finally was drowned.
- 2A male given name from Ancient Greek, also of a Spanish sixth century saint.
- 3A city in Williamson County, Texas.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Λέανδρος (Léandros), from λέων (léōn, “lion”) + ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Leander”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-E-A-N-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /liːˈændɚ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.