leng
/lɛŋ/
"leng" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“leng” is uncommon English (frequency #52,452 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,452
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of peng (“attractive, excellent”).
Corpus desk
Index EN-leng · leng · English
leng · rank #52,452 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,452
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH legwork
Nearest frequency peer: legwork (-1 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 “leng”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- leasehold
leasehold
47,552 corpus weight
- lech
lech
47,551 corpus weight
- legwork
legwork
47,550 corpus weight
- leng
leng
47,549 corpus weight
- liaise
liaise
47,546 corpus weight
- Liaoning
Liaoning
47,545 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “leng” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | leng |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /lɛŋ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #52,452 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “leng” in English
Rare enough to double-check
leng is uncommon English at frequency #52,452 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /lɛŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of peng (“attractive, excellent”).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for leng, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is leng, spelled L-E-N-G.
Definition
- 1Synonym of peng (“attractive, excellent”).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how leng appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sometimes she got comments on her selfies calling her ‘leng’, and that went some way to making her happy.
I'm rolling with my G's and my gang gang / Every time I walk by, they say "leng leng"
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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