# Lester

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈlɛstɚ/ · frequency rank #11,911

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old English derived from the English place name Leicester.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
3. A number of places in the United States:
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## Etymology
* As an English surname, from the placename Leicester.
* Also as an English surname of Norman origin, from Lestre in Normandy, from Old French Lestra, from Medieval Latin Laxtra, perhaps from extera (“exterior (part of a property)”).
* As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Lister.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Laster.
* As a Scottish and Irish surname, shortened from McLester.

## Easily confused with
- **loser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lester-vs-loser)
- **lever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lester-vs-lever)
- **liter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lester-vs-liter)
- **Leyte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lester-vs-leyte)
- **listen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lester-vs-listen)
- **letter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lester-vs-letter)
- **listed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lester-vs-listed)
- **litter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lester-vs-litter)
- **lister** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lester-vs-lister)
- **luster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lester-vs-luster)
- **lifter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lester-vs-lifter)
- **letters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lester-vs-letters)
- **lobster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lester-vs-lobster)
- **lest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lest-vs-lester)
- **leer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leer-vs-lester)
- **later** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/later-vs-lester)
- **laser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laser-vs-lester)
- **leper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leper-vs-lester)
- **leger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leger-vs-lester)
- **leader** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leader-vs-lester)

## Common misspellings (9)
`elster`, `lesetr`, `lesster`, `lesterr`, `lestre`, `lestter`, `letser`, `llester`, `lseter`

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