# leed

> English word · Noun · IPA /liːd/ · frequency rank #40,780

## Definitions
1. Language; tongue.
2. A national tongue (in contrast to a foreign language).
3. The speech of a person or class of persons; form of speech; talk; utterance; manner of speaking or writing; phraseology; diction.

## Etymology
From Middle English lede, shortened variant of leden (“language”), from Old English lēoden (“popular or national language, native tongue”), from Old English lēod (“people, nation”). Cognate with Scots leed (“language”). More at lede.

## Easily confused with
- **let** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leed-vs-let)
- **lie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leed-vs-lie)
- **leg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leed-vs-leg)
- **leo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leed-vs-leo)
- **les** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leed-vs-les)
- **lid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leed-vs-lid)
- **lex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leed-vs-lex)
- **Len** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leed-vs-len)
- **Lew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leed-vs-lew)
- **LSD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leed-vs-lsd)
- **lei** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leed-vs-lei)
- **lev** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leed-vs-lev)
- **ley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leed-vs-ley)
- **LEM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leed-vs-lem)
- **lye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leed-vs-lye)
- **Lod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leed-vs-lod)
- **Leh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leed-vs-leh)
- **lel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leed-vs-lel)
- **left** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leed-vs-left)
- **less** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leed-vs-less)

## Common misspellings (4)
`eled`, `lede`, `leedd`, `lleed`

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