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les

/lɛz/verb, adjective, noun

les is spelled L-E-S: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 6,047th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, les means “Pronunciation spelling of let's” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in les?

Letters3: L-E-S
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing13 times per million words; the 6,047th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is les?

Les appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 6,047th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce les?

  • /lɛz/

Les has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-les.wav, En-au-lez.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with les

Also written: lez.

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Forms of les

  • more les comparative
  • most les superlative
  • lez
  • leses plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does les mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

  1. 1

    colloquialPronunciation spelling of let's

noun

as LES
  1. 1

    Initialism of launch escape system.

  2. 2

    Initialism of lower esophageal sphincter.

  3. 3

    Initialism of lake effect snow.

  4. 4

    USInitialism of Leave and Earnings Statement.

adjective

  1. 1

    derogatoryslangClipping of lesbian.

noun

  1. 1

    derogatoryslangClipping of lesbian.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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