lessor
/ˈlɛsɚ/
"lessor" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lessor” is uncommon English (frequency #62,273 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,273
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The owner of property that is leased; the landlord to a lease.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lessor · lessor · English
lessor · rank #62,273 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,273
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Lesbos
Nearest frequency peer: Lesbos (-1 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.
Long-tail ranks near “lessor”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Lattimore
Lattimore
37,732 corpus weight
- Lesbos
Lesbos
37,729 corpus weight
- lessor
lessor
37,728 corpus weight
- libelous
libelous
37,727 corpus weight
- Limon
Limon
37,725 corpus weight
- Lindstrom
Lindstrom
37,724 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “lessor” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lessor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɛsɚ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,273 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lessor” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lessor is uncommon English at frequency #62,273 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlɛsɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The owner of property that is leased; the landlord to a lease.".
lessor has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English lessour, from Anglo-Norman lessour. The correct English form is lessor, spelled L-E-S-S-O-R.
Definition
- 1The owner of property that is leased; the landlord to a lease.
Etymology
From Middle English lessour, from Anglo-Norman lessour.
This word in other languages
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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