redleg
noun
redleg is spelled R-E-D-L-E-G: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, redleg means “A bird, the redshank” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of redleg is redlegs.
How many letters and syllables are in redleg?
| Letters | 6: R-E-D-L-E-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 78 million words; the 279,513th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is redleg?
Redleg appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th 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).
What rhymes with redleg?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as redleg.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ledger, gelder.
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 redleg
- redlegs plural
- red-leg
- red leg
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does redleg mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A bird, the redshank.
- 2
A bird, the turnstone.
- 3
A plant in the buckwheat family, the lady's thumb.
- 4
derogatoryA member of a class of impoverished white people, originally from Ireland, Scotland and the west of England, now living on Barbados, St. Vincent, Grenada and a few other Caribbean islands.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does redleg come from?
From red + leg.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).