ley
/liː/noun, adjective
ley is spelled L-E-Y: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ley means “Arable land used temporarily for hay or grazing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ley is leys.
How many letters and syllables are in ley?
| Letters | 3: L-E-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,649th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is ley?
Ley appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ley?
- /liː/
- /leɪ/
Ley 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).
Words people confuse with ley
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: lea.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with ley?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ley.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lye.
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 ley
- leys plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ley mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Arable land used temporarily for hay or grazing.
- 2
A ley line.
- 3
Alternative spelling of lea.
- 4
obsoleteLaw.
adjective
- 1
Fallow; unseeded.
- 2
Rotated to pasture instead of cropping.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ley come from?
See lea.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).