led
/ˈlɛd/adjective, verb
led is spelled L-E-D: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 129 times per million words in written English, the 810th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “lead vs led” about 27,100 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, led means “Under somebody's control or leadership” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in led?
| Letters | 3: L-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 129 times per million words; the 810th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is led?
Led appears 129 times per million words in written English, the 810th 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 led?
- /ˈlɛd/
Led has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-LED1.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-LED2.wav, En-us-led.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with led
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with led?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as led.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: del, eld, dle.
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).
What does led mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Under somebody's control or leadership.
- 2
Of a farm, etc.: managed by a deputy instead of the owner or tenant in person.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of lead
noun
- 1
Initialism of light-emitting diode.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Led in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense LED – see also light-emitting diode:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.