leasing
/ˈliːzɪŋ/
"leasing" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“leasing” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #13,947 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,947
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A lie; the act of lying, falsehood.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | leasing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈliːzɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #13,947 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “leasing” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for leasing is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈliːzɪŋ/. Corpus data places it at rank #13,947 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A lie; the act of lying, falsehood.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for leasing, with forms such as "elasing", "laesing", and "leaisng". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "losing", "leaving", "letting", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English lesing, leasung, from Old English lēasung (“leasing, lying, false witness, deceit, hypocrisy, artifice, lie, empty talk, frivolity, laxity”), from Proto-West Germanic *lausungu, from Proto-Germanic *lausungō, equivalent to lease (“to lie… The correct English form is leasing, spelled L-E-A-S-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A lie; the act of lying, falsehood.
Etymology
From Middle English lesing, leasung, from Old English lēasung (“leasing, lying, false witness, deceit, hypocrisy, artifice, lie, empty talk, frivolity, laxity”), from Proto-West Germanic *lausungu, from Proto-Germanic *lausungō, equivalent to lease (“to lie”) + -ing. Cognate with Scots lesing (“lying, falsehood”), German Lösung (“breaking away, release, liberation, solution”), Icelandic lausung (“lying, falsehood”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: elasing,laesing,leaisng,leasign,leasingg,leasinng,leasnig,leassing,lesaing,lleasing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of leasing - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “leasing”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-E-A-S-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈliːzɪŋ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “losing” - see the side-by-side comparison. leasing vs losing
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.