leotard
/ˈliː.ə.tɑːd/
"leotard" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“leotard” is uncommon English (frequency #50,642 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,642
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A one-piece skintight garment with or without sleeves and without legs (often worn by gymnasts, acrobats, wrestlers, female swimmers, etc.)
Corpus desk
Index EN-leotard · leotard · English
leotard · rank #50,642 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,642
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lidocaine
Nearest frequency peer: lidocaine (+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 “leotard”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- languid
languid
49,363 corpus weight
- Leann
Leann
49,362 corpus weight
- leotard
leotard
49,359 corpus weight
- lidocaine
lidocaine
49,358 corpus weight
- lionheart
lionheart
49,357 corpus weight
- Lorelai
Lorelai
49,356 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “leotard” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | leotard |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈliː.ə.tɑːd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,642 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “leotard” in English
Rare enough to double-check
leotard is uncommon English at frequency #50,642 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈliː.ə.tɑːd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A one-piece skintight garment with or without sleeves and without legs (often worn by gymnasts, acrobats, wrestlers, female swimmers, etc.)".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for leotard, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Named after French acrobat Jules Léotard (1838–1870). The correct English form is leotard, spelled L-E-O-T-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1A one-piece skintight garment with or without sleeves and without legs (often worn by gymnasts, acrobats, wrestlers, female swimmers, etc.)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how leotard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tomorrow is the day. Marie makes her first trip out of this notebook and into the world. I'm off to buy a leotard.
Etymology
Named after French acrobat Jules Léotard (1838–1870).
This word in other languages
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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