legging
/ˈlɛɡ.ɪŋ/
"legging" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“legging” is uncommon English (frequency #74,262 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,262
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle.
Corpus desk
Index EN-legging · legging · English
legging · rank #74,262 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,262
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Lazlo
Nearest frequency peer: Lazlo (-3 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “legging”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- laggy
laggy
25,747 corpus weight
- laika
laika
25,746 corpus weight
- lawyering
lawyering
25,743 corpus weight
- Lazlo
Lazlo
25,742 corpus weight
- legging
legging
25,739 corpus weight
- lilt
lilt
25,732 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “legging” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | legging |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɛɡ.ɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,262 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “legging” in English
Rare enough to double-check
legging is uncommon English at frequency #74,262 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlɛɡ.ɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for legging in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From leg + -ing. The correct English form is legging, spelled L-E-G-G-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle.
- 2Stretchy tight-fitting pants often worn by women or for exercise.
- 3One of the legs of a pair of trousers.
- 4The process of putting a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how legging appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Take the legging and turn up the cuff.
As a practical matter, you cannot put on these positions simultaneously at reasonable prices. In order to achieve these positions at a reasonable risk/reward profile, you must put the positions in a series of separate trades. This process is called legging.
Etymology
From leg + -ing.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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