legs
/lɛɡz/noun, verb
legs is spelled L-E-G-S: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 47 times per million words in written English, the 2,153rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, legs means “Eleven” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in legs?
| Letters | 4: L-E-G-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 47 times per million words; the 2,153rd 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 legs?
Legs appears 47 times per million words in written English, the 2,153rd 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 legs?
- /lɛɡz/
Legs has one syllable (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: En-us-legs.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does legs mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Eleven.
- 2
colloquialViscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are swirled around before tasting.
- 3
informalThe ability of a movie to continue attracting an audience.
That movie is gonna have legs, I think.
- 4
plural of leg
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of leg
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).