# Lessing

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #42,744

## Definitions
1. A surname from German.

## Etymology
* As a German surname, borrowed from German Lessing, a variant of Lessig.
* As a Lower Sorbian surname, from lesník (“forester”). Compare Lesnik.

## Easily confused with
- **losing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lessing-vs-losing)
- **lesson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lessing-vs-lesson)
- **letting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lessing-vs-letting)
- **lessons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lessing-vs-lessons)
- **listing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lessing-vs-listing)
- **lessen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lessen-vs-lessing)
- **leading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leading-vs-lessing)
- **leaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaving-vs-lessing)
- **lasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lasting-vs-lessing)
- **leaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaning-vs-lessing)
- **lending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lending-vs-lessing)
- **leaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaking-vs-lessing)
- **leasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leasing-vs-lessing)
- **Lansing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lansing-vs-lessing)
- **leaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaping-vs-lessing)
- **lashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lashing-vs-lessing)

## Common misspellings (9)
`elssing`, `lesing`, `lesisng`, `lessign`, `lessingg`, `lessinng`, `lessnig`, `llessing`, `lsesing`

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