leave alone
/liːv əˈləʊn/
"leave-alone" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“leave alone” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To stop bothering (a person).
Corpus desk
Index EN-leave-alone · leave alone · English
leave alone · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | leave alone |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /liːv əˈləʊn/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “leave alone” in English
Rare enough to double-check
leave alone is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /liːv əˈləʊn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
leave alone doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is leave alone, spelled L-E-A-V-E- -A-L-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1To stop bothering (a person).
- 2To desist or refrain from involvement with.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how leave alone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I wish he'd leave me alone.
We left her alone until she calmed down.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.