leggings
\lɛ.ɡiŋs\
The verdict
“leggings” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,861. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,861
- frequency rank, French
- 128,088
- “L” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jambières de cuir ou de forte toile.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | leggings |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɛ.ɡiŋs\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #46,861 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “leggings” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around leggings (IPA \lɛ.ɡiŋs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,861 among 128,088 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for leggings, with forms such as "elggings", "leggigns", and "legginggs". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "legging", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is leggings, spelled L-E-G-G-I-N-G-S.
Definition
- 1Jambières de cuir ou de forte toile.
- 2Caleçons ou collants féminins.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elggings
- leggigns
- legginggs
- leggingss
- legginngs
- legginsg
- leggnigs
- legigngs
- legings
- lgegings
- lleggings
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of leggings - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “leggings”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-E-G-G-I-N-G-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \lɛ.ɡiŋs\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “legging” - see the side-by-side comparison. leggings vs legging
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.