# leer

> English word · Verb · IPA /lɪə/ · frequency rank #47,726

## Definitions
1. To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.
2. To entice with a leer or leers.

## Etymology
Exact development uncertain, but apparently from a verb *leer (“to make a face, look sideways”), from leer (“cheek, face, profile”).

## Easily confused with
- **LR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leer-vs-lr)
- **let** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leer-vs-let)
- **lie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leer-vs-lie)
- **leg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leer-vs-leg)
- **leo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leer-vs-leo)
- **les** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leer-vs-les)
- **lex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leer-vs-lex)
- **Len** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leer-vs-len)
- **Lew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leer-vs-lew)
- **lei** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leer-vs-lei)
- **lev** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leer-vs-lev)
- **ley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leer-vs-ley)
- **lor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leer-vs-lor)
- **LEM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leer-vs-lem)
- **lye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leer-vs-lye)
- **Leh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leer-vs-leh)
- **lel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leer-vs-lel)
- **left** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leer-vs-left)
- **less** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leer-vs-less)
- **lies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leer-vs-lies)

## Common misspellings (5)
`eler`, `leerr`, `ler`, `lere`, `lleer`

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