legged
/ˈlɛɡɪd/adjective, noun, verb
legged is spelled L-E-G-G-E-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, legged means “Having legs of a certain specified type or number” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in legged?
| Letters | 6: L-E-G-G-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.2 times per million words; the 14,928th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is legged?
Legged appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th 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 legged?
- /ˈlɛɡɪd/
- /ˈlɛɡd/
- /ˈlɛɡəd/
As a verb: /ˈlɛɡd/.
Legged 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-legged1.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-legged2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of legged
- leggeds plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does legged mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having legs of a certain specified type or number.
Many of the big African spiders are hairy-legged.
- 2
Having legs; provided with legs.
A robot which runs at a speed of over 29mph has set a new land-speed record for legged robots.
- 3
Wounded in the leg, especially as part of a hunt.
noun
- 1
Someone or something having a certain number or type of legs
Humans are not the only two-leggeds in the world.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of leg
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does legged come from?
From Middle English legged, leggyd, equivalent to leg (“noun”) + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).