lev
/lɛv/noun
lev is spelled L-E-V: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Lev, the name). As a noun, lev means “The currency of Bulgaria from 1880 to 2025; divided into 100 stotinki” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lev is leva or levs.
How many letters and syllables are in lev?
| Letters | 3: L-E-V |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,835th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is lev?
Lev appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Lev, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce lev?
- /lɛv/
Lev has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-lev.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with lev
Also written: leva.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with lev?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as lev.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: vel.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of lev
- leva plural
- levs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lev mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The currency of Bulgaria from 1880 to 2025; divided into 100 stotinki.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of lunar excursion vehicle.
- 2
Abbreviation of low-emissions vehicle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lev in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense former currency of Bulgaria:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does lev come from?
Borrowed from Bulgarian лев (lev), a variant of лъв (lăv, “lion”). Doublet of Leo, leu, lion, and Lyon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).