leansome

adj

"leansome" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“leansome” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Characterised or marked by leanness; thin

Corpus desk

Index EN-leansome · leansome · English

leansome · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for leansome
PropertyValue
Headwordleansome
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “leansome” in English

leansomeranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

leansome is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Characterised or marked by leanness; thin".

No misspelling variants are generated for leansome in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From lean (adjective) + -some. The correct English form is leansome, spelled L-E-A-N-S-O-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Characterised or marked by leanness; thin

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how leansome appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. He started out as a leansome six-foot-seven, 210-pound, high-scoring small forward at Nevada State, drafted early in the second round by the Utah Jazz.
  2. One, with long hanging pips, was trying to edge the other, a leansome male, lest there should be the possibility of a gift.

Etymology

From lean (adjective) + -some.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "leansome"?
"leansome" is spelled L-E-A-N-S-O-M-E.
What does "leansome" mean?
As an adjective, "leansome" means: Characterised or marked by leanness; thin
What is the origin of the word "leansome"?
From lean (adjective) + -some. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list