# longer

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈlɒŋ.ɡə/ · frequency rank #713

## Definitions
1. comparative form of long: more long

## Etymology
From Middle English longer, longere, normalisation of Middle English lenger, lengere (“longer”), from Old English lengra (“longer”), from Proto-Germanic *langizô (“longer”), comparative of Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), equivalent to long + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian laanger (“longer”), West Frisian langer (“longer”), Dutch langer (“longer”), German länger (“longer”), Danish længere (“longer”), Swedish längre (“longer”), Icelandic lengri (“longer”).

## Easily confused with
- **lower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/longer-vs-lower)
- **lover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/longer-vs-lover)
- **loser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/longer-vs-loser)
- **longs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/longer-vs-longs)
- **lunge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/longer-vs-lunge)
- **luger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/longer-vs-luger)
- **lounge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/longer-vs-lounge)
- **louder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/longer-vs-louder)
- **looser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/longer-vs-looser)
- **lunged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/longer-vs-lunged)
- **longest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/longer-vs-longest)
- **longterm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/longer-vs-longterm)
- **long** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/long-vs-longer)
- **lone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lone-vs-longer)
- **lodge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodge-vs-longer)
- **liner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liner-vs-longer)
- **lager** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lager-vs-longer)
- **loner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loner-vs-longer)
- **leger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leger-vs-longer)
- **larger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/larger-vs-longer)

## Common misspellings (9)
`llonger`, `lnoger`, `logner`, `lonegr`, `longerr`, `longger`, `longre`, `lonnger`, `olnger`

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