leger
/ˈlɛd͡ʒəɹ/adjective, noun, verb
leger is spelled L-E-G-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “ledger vs leger” about 20 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, leger means “Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in leger?
| Letters | 5: L-E-G-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,145th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 leger?
Leger appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th 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 leger?
- UK /ˈlɛd͡ʒə/
- US /ˈlɛd͡ʒəɹ/
Leger has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-leger.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with leger
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: ledger (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: ledger.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with leger?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as leger from its last stressed vowel (/ɛdʒəɹ/):
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 leger
- more leger comparative
- most leger superlative
- legers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- legering participle, present
- legered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does leger mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident.
a leger ambassador
- 2
obsoleteLight; slender, slim; trivial.
noun
- 1
An ambassador or minister resident at a court or seat of government.
- 2
obsoleteAnything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.
- 3
obsoleteAlternative form of ledger (“book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records”).
verb
- 1
UKAlternative form of ledger (“to use (a certain type of bait) in bottom fishing; to engage in bottom fishing”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does leger come from?
A variant of ledger.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).