Lessing
"lessing" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lessing” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,744. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,744
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from German.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lessing · Lessing · English
Lessing · rank #42,744 · 9 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,744
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH LDP
Nearest frequency peer: LDP (-2 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Lessing”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- laudable
laudable
57,261 corpus weight
- LBC
LBC
57,260 corpus weight
- LDP
LDP
57,259 corpus weight
- Lessing
Lessing
57,257 corpus weight
- liberalisat…
liberalisation
57,255 corpus weight
- liftoff
liftoff
57,254 corpus weight
What this shows “Lessing” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lessing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #42,744 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Lessing”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Lessing, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #42,744 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname from German.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lessing, with forms such as "elssing", "lesing", and "lesisng". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "losing", "lesson", "letting", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: * As a German surname, borrowed from German Lessing, a variant of Lessig. * As a Lower Sorbian surname, from lesník (“forester”). Compare Lesnik. The correct English form is Lessing, spelled L-E-S-S-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A surname from German.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lessing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The 800-word work (on a paper slightly bigger than a postcard) is one of 13 works submitted by a group of authors that includes Doris Lessing, Tom Stoppard, Margaret Atwood and Nick Hornby, The Associated Press reported. Ms. Rowling used both sides of her card to handwrite the prequel to her seven-book Potter series.
Etymology
* As a German surname, borrowed from German Lessing, a variant of Lessig. * As a Lower Sorbian surname, from lesník (“forester”). Compare Lesnik.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elssing
- lesing
- lesisng
- lessign
- lessingg
- lessinng
- lessnig
- llessing
- lsesing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lessing - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lessing", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).