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ledge

/lɛd͡ʒ/noun, verb

ledge is spelled L-E-D-G-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ledge means “A narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff, or other surface” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ledge is ledges.

How many letters and syllables are in ledge?

Letters5: L-E-D-G-E
Syllables1
In writing2.6 times per million words; the 16,896th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Sounds like
Rhymes with

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 ledge?

Ledge appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th 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 ledge?

  • US /lɛd͡ʒ/
  • Australia /led͡ʒ/

Ledge has one syllable.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-ledge.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with ledge

Sounds like: lege (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).

Also written: lege.

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What rhymes with ledge?

5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ledge from its last stressed vowel (/ɛdʒ/):

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 ledge

  • ledges plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • ledging participle, present
  • ledged participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does ledge mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff, or other surface.

  2. 2

    A shelf on which articles may be laid.

  3. 3

    A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.

  4. 4

    A layer or stratum.

  5. 5

    A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.

  6. 6

    A (door or window) lintel.

  7. 7

    A cornice.

  8. 8

    A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.

  9. 9

    CanadaslangA provincial or territorial legislature building.

    Known to Edmontonians as "the Ledge", the Alberta Legislature Building is a marvel of marble pillars, carved oak, beautiful Beaux-Arts architecture and stunning grounds.

  10. 10

    CanadaslangA provincial or territorial legislative assembly.

  11. 11

    slangAlternative form of lege (“a legend; a person held in high regard”).

    http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/pete-jenson-adebayors-fresh-start-means-hard-work-short-hair-ndash-and-vital-goals-2263767.html, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/wimbledon/8605605/Andy-Murray-v-Feliciano-

verb

  1. 1

    To cause to have, or to develop, a ledge (during mining, canal construction, building, etc).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Ledge in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchrebord (a narrow surface projecting horizontally from a…), (in joinery) épaulement (shelf), corniche, vire (of rocks), couche (layer), linteau (lintel)
Portugueseborda (a narrow surface projecting horizontally from a…), prateleira, armário (shelf), camada (layer)
Spanishcornisa, saliente (a narrow surface projecting horizontally from a…), imposta (cornice)
GermanBord, Regalbrett, Sims, (protruding part of a façade) Sims, Mauervorsprung, Mauerabsatz (shelf)

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.

Where does ledge come from?

From Middle English legge, from Old English leċġ (“bar, crossbeam”), from Proto-West Germanic *laggju (“layer, strip, ledge, rung, bar”), from Proto-Germanic *lagjō (“layer, stratum”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, recline”). Cognate with West Frisian lêch (“a layer of sheaves on a threshing floor”), Dutch leg (“layer”), German Low German Legg (“wrinkle, fold, flat layer, stratum”), Middle High German legge, lecke (“position, layer, stratum, tier; pleat, hem”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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