# lefty

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlɛfti/ · frequency rank #20,984

## Definitions
1. One who is left-handed.
2. One who has left-wing political views.
3. One's left testicle.
4. One's left hand.

## Etymology
From left + -y (nominal suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **let** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lefty-vs-let)
- **ley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lefty-vs-ley)
- **lets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lefty-vs-lets)
- **lift** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lefty-vs-lift)
- **levy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lefty-vs-levy)
- **lent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lefty-vs-lent)
- **lest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lefty-vs-lest)
- **loft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lefty-vs-loft)
- **Lyft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lefty-vs-lyft)
- **Leto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lefty-vs-leto)
- **Lenny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lefty-vs-lenny)
- **Leroy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lefty-vs-leroy)
- **lofty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lefty-vs-lofty)
- **Leith** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lefty-vs-leith)
- **lusty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lefty-vs-lusty)
- **Leyte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lefty-vs-leyte)
- **levity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lefty-vs-levity)
- **left** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/left-vs-lefty)
- **leafy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leafy-vs-lefty)
- **leaky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaky-vs-lefty)

## Common misspellings (8)
`elfty`, `leffty`, `leftty`, `leftyy`, `lefyt`, `letfy`, `lfety`, `llefty`

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