leasing
leas·ing/ˈliːzɪŋ/verb, noun
leasing is spelled L-E-A-S-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables (leas·ing). It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, leasing means “present participle of lease (“to tell lies”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in leasing?
| Letters | 7: L-E-A-S-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: leas·ing |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 13,897th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is leasing?
Leasing appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce leasing?
- /ˈliːzɪŋ/
- /ˈliːsɪŋ/
Leasing has 2 syllables, split leas·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-leasing_(z).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-leasing_(s).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with leasing?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as leasing.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sealing.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of leasing
- leasings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does leasing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
present participle of lease (“to tell lies”)
- 2
present participle and gerund of lease
noun
- 1
gerund of lease
- 2
archaicA lie; the act of lying, falsehood.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does leasing come from?
From Middle English lesing, leesing, lesinge, equivalent to lease (“to tell lies”) + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).