# Leicestershire

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈlɛs.tə(ɹ).ʃə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #26,861

## Definitions
1. An inland county of England bordered by Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and Derbyshire.

## Etymology
From Old English Lægreċeastresċīr. The middle and last element are ceaster (“town, city”) and scir (“district”), common in placenames. The first element is probably from the former name of the river Soar, *Ligora, *Ligera, of Celtic/Brythonic origin, from Proto-Celtic *legyā (“sediment”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”), similar to the French river Loire. By surface analysis, Leicester + -shire.

## Common misspellings (21)
`elicestershire`, `leciestershire`, `leiccestershire`, `leicesetrshire`, `leicesstershire`, `leicesterhsire`, `leicesterrshire`, `leicestershhire`, `leicestershier`, `leicestershirre`, `leicestershrie`, `leicestersihre`, `leicestersshire`, `leicestesrhire`, `leicestreshire`, `leicesttershire`, `leicetsershire`, `leicsetershire`, `leiecstershire`, `liecestershire`, `lleicestershire`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/leicestershire