legover

noun

"legover" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“legover” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An act of sexual intercourse.

Corpus desk

Index EN-legover · legover · English

legover · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for legover
PropertyValue
Headwordlegover
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “legover” in English

legoverranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

legover is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An act of sexual intercourse.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for legover, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 get one's leg over. The correct English form is legover, spelled L-E-G-O-V-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    An act of sexual intercourse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how legover appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. “A legover?” she said. “How romantic.”
  2. What do you want me to do, exactly? Go in and ask him if he fancies a date with possibilities of a legover later?

Etymology

From get one's leg over.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "legover"?
"legover" is spelled L-E-G-O-V-E-R.
What does "legover" mean?
As a noun, "legover" means: An act of sexual intercourse.
What is the origin of the word "legover"?
From get one's leg over. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list