leon

Other forms of leon

plural

leons·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about leon

What does leon mean?

leon means "a historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in leon?

leon has 2 syllables: le-on. The stress falls on "le". In IPA it is /ˈliɑn/.

Is leon a common word?

leon is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.