# lecture

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/ · frequency rank #5,706

## Definitions
1. A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
2. A class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1), usually at college or university.
3. A berating or scolding, especially if lengthy, formal or given in a stern or angry manner.
4. The act of reading.

## Etymology
From Middle English lecture, lectour, letture, letteur, lettur, lectury, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin lectura (“reading”), from Latin lectus, past participle of legō (“to read, recite”).

## Easily confused with
- **leisure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lecture-vs-leisure)
- **lettuce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lecture-vs-lettuce)
- **lectures** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lecture-vs-lectures)
- **lecturer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lecture-vs-lecturer)

## Common misspellings (10)
`elcture`, `lceture`, `leccture`, `lectrue`, `lectture`, `lectuer`, `lecturre`, `lecutre`, `letcure`, `llecture`

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