ll
/əl/noun
ll is spelled L-L: 2 letters. It appears 46 times per million words in written English, the 2,204th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ll means “lines” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ll?
| Letters | 2: L-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | 46 times per million words; the 2,204th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is ll?
Ll appears 46 times per million words in written English, the 2,204th 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 ll?
- /əl/
- [əl]
- [l̩]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-'ll.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-'ll.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-'ll.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does ll mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
lines
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of limited license.
- 2
Abbreviation of lower level.
- 3
Abbreviation of linguistic landscape.
- 4
Abbreviation of Late Latin.
- 5
Abbreviation of lucky loser.
- 6
Abbreviation of low-lead fuel/gasoline/petrol/avgas.
- 7
Abbreviation of long live.
adjective
- 1
Abbreviation of low-lead.
phrase
- 1
USInitialism of lesson learned.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ll come from?
Abbreviation of lines; formed similarly to pp for pages.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).