# lisp

> English word · Noun · IPA /lɪsp/ · frequency rank #28,977

## Definitions
1. The act or a habit of lisping.

## Etymology
From Middle English lispen, lipsen, wlispen, from Old English *wlispian (attested in āwlyspian (“to lisp”)), from Old English wlisp, wlips (“stammering, lisping”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *wlispaz (“lisping”), from Proto-Indo-European *wlis-, *wleys- (“rod”), from *wel- (“to turn, roll”). Cognate with Middle Low German wlispen (“to lisp”), Dutch lispen (“to lisp”), German lispeln (“to lisp”), Danish læspe (“to lisp”), Swedish läspa (“to lisp”).

## Easily confused with
- **LP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lisp-vs-lp)
- **Ls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lisp-vs-ls)
- **los** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lisp-vs-los)
- **lit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lisp-vs-lit)
- **Liz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lisp-vs-liz)
- **Liu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lisp-vs-liu)
- **LSU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lisp-vs-lsu)
- **Liv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lisp-vs-liv)
- **LSD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lisp-vs-lsd)
- **LST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lisp-vs-lst)
- **lop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lisp-vs-lop)
- **LSC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lisp-vs-lsc)
- **live** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lisp-vs-live)
- **lost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lisp-vs-lost)
- **list** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lisp-vs-list)
- **lose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lisp-vs-lose)
- **loss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lisp-vs-loss)
- **loop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lisp-vs-loop)
- **Luis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lisp-vs-luis)
- **lust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lisp-vs-lust)

## Common misspellings (4)
`ilsp`, `lispp`, `lissp`, `llisp`

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