leashed

/liːʃt/

//liːʃt// verb

"leashed" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“leashed” is uncommon English (frequency #83,449 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,449
frequency rank, English
2,297
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of leash

Corpus desk

Index EN-leashed · leashed · English

leashed · rank #83,449 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,449
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,297
  • PHOTO-FINISH Leilani

Nearest frequency peer: Leilani (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “leashed”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “leashed” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for leashed
PropertyValue
Headwordleashed
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/liːʃt/
Letters7
Frequency rank#83,449
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “leashed” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).leashedfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Leilani” (#83,450), “laughingly” (#83,446), “laudatory” (#83,445). Among 2,297 “L” headwords, “leashed” is #83,449. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

leashed is uncommon English at frequency #83,449 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /liːʃt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of leash".

leashed doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is leashed, spelled L-E-A-S-H-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of leash

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "leashed"?
"leashed" is spelled L-E-A-S-H-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /liːʃt/.
What does "leashed" mean?
As a verb, "leashed" means: simple past and past participle of leash
How do you pronounce "leashed"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "leashed" is /liːʃt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "leashed" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "leashed", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list