# lesson

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈlɛs.ən/ · frequency rank #3,177

## Definitions
1. To instruct to teach.

## Etymology
From Middle English lessoun, from Old French leçon, from Latin lēctiō, lēctiōnem (“a reading”), from legō (“to read; to gather”). Doublet of lection.

## Easily confused with
- **Lisbon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lesson-vs-lisbon)
- **Liston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lesson-vs-liston)
- **Leyton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lesson-vs-leyton)
- **lessons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lesson-vs-lessons)
- **less** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/less-vs-lesson)
- **Leon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leon-vs-lesson)
- **lemon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lemon-vs-lesson)
- **lasso** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lasso-vs-lesson)
- **lesser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lesser-vs-lesson)
- **legion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/legion-vs-lesson)
- **Lawson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lawson-vs-lesson)
- **Lennon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lennon-vs-lesson)
- **lessen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lessen-vs-lesson)
- **Larson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/larson-vs-lesson)
- **lesion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lesion-vs-lesson)
- **lessee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lessee-vs-lesson)
- **Larsson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/larsson-vs-lesson)
- **Lessing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lessing-vs-lesson)

## Common misspellings (7)
`elsson`, `leson`, `lesosn`, `lessno`, `lessonn`, `llesson`, `lseson`

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