# Lexus

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #20,413

## Definitions
1. A brand of high-end motor vehicle from the Toyota Motor Corporation.

## Etymology
An invented word developed circa 1987 by Team One as the marketing team for the brand; said to have no specific meaning but to be euphonious and to evoke a luxurious and technological image (not unusual among car model name origins); for more, see Wikipedia at Lexus § History.

## Easily confused with
- **lotus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lexus-vs-lotus)
- **lupus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lexus-vs-lupus)
- **locus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lexus-vs-locus)
- **Linus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lexus-vs-linus)
- **les** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/les-vs-lexus)
- **lex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lex-vs-lexus)
- **less** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/less-vs-lexus)
- **legs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/legs-vs-lexus)
- **lets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lets-vs-lexus)
- **lens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lens-vs-lexus)
- **lees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lees-vs-lexus)
- **Lexi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lexi-vs-lexus)
- **let's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/let-s-vs-lexus)
- **leads** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leads-vs-lexus)
- **Lewis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lewis-vs-lexus)
- **Leeds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leeds-vs-lexus)
- **leaks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaks-vs-lexus)
- **leafs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leafs-vs-lexus)
- **leaps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaps-vs-lexus)
- **leans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leans-vs-lexus)

## Common misspellings (7)
`elxus`, `leuxs`, `lexsu`, `lexuss`, `lexxus`, `llexus`, `lxeus`

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