# leapfrog

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈliːpfɹɒɡ/ · frequency rank #48,860

## Definitions
1. A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until they reach the front of the line, whereupon they also bend over. The process is then repeated.
2. The process by which a case is appealed or allowed to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.

## Etymology
From leap + frog.

## Common misspellings (12)
`elapfrog`, `laepfrog`, `leafprog`, `leapffrog`, `leapforg`, `leapfrgo`, `leapfrogg`, `leapfrrog`, `leappfrog`, `leaprfog`, `lepafrog`, `lleapfrog`

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