# leper

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlɛpɚ/ · frequency rank #37,540

## Definitions
1. A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.
2. Synonym of outcast: A person who is shunned, a pariah.

## Etymology
From Middle English lepre, leprosy, from Old French [Term?], from Latin leprae, lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra).

## Easily confused with
- **Lupe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leper-vs-lupe)
- **lope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leper-vs-lope)
- **level** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leper-vs-level)
- **lower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leper-vs-lower)
- **lover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leper-vs-lover)
- **liver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leper-vs-liver)
- **loser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leper-vs-loser)
- **Lopez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leper-vs-lopez)
- **liner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leper-vs-liner)
- **lever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leper-vs-lever)
- **liter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leper-vs-liter)
- **loner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leper-vs-loner)
- **Lewes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leper-vs-lewes)
- **liber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leper-vs-liber)
- **levee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leper-vs-levee)
- **lopes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leper-vs-lopes)
- **luger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leper-vs-luger)
- **letter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leper-vs-letter)
- **lesser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leper-vs-lesser)
- **Lester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leper-vs-lester)

## Common misspellings (7)
`elper`, `leepr`, `leperr`, `lepper`, `lepre`, `lleper`, `lpeer`

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