# Leith

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /liːθ/ · frequency rank #27,539

## Definitions
1. A port and suburban town within the City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland.
2. A minor river in Cumbria, England, which flows into the River Lyvennet, a tributary of the Eden.
3. A city and hamlet in North Dakota.
4. A locality in Central Coast council area and the City of Devonport, northern Tasmania, Australia.
5. A surname.

## Etymology
From river-names derived from Proto-Brythonic *lleɨθ (“moist”) (compare Welsh llaith).

## Easily confused with
- **let** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leith-vs-let)
- **lit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leith-vs-lit)
- **lets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leith-vs-lets)
- **lent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leith-vs-lent)
- **lest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leith-vs-lest)
- **lite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leith-vs-lite)
- **Leto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leith-vs-leto)
- **Leyte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leith-vs-leyte)
- **loath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leith-vs-loath)
- **length** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leith-vs-length)
- **Lilith** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leith-vs-lilith)
- **levity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leith-vs-levity)
- **lei** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lei-vs-leith)
- **Leh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leh-vs-leith)
- **left** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/left-vs-leith)
- **Leah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leah-vs-leith)
- **Leia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leia-vs-leith)
- **legit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/legit-vs-leith)
- **leigh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leigh-vs-leith)
- **leash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leash-vs-leith)

## Common misspellings (7)
`elith`, `leiht`, `leithh`, `leitth`, `letih`, `lieth`, `lleith`

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