Lemke vs lemon, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“Lemke” is a name and “lemon” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,888
“Lemke” frequency rank: #32,151
“lemon” frequency rank: 68039
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Lemke	lemon
Definition	deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname	Zitrone

Letter map: Lemke vs lemon

Shared letters muted; letters that set Lemke and lemon apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

Lemke

5 ch

lemon

Part-of-speech tell for Lemke / lemon

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Lemke is aname and lemonanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68039, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Lemke is recorded at frequency rank #35,888, classified as aname, pronounced […]. lemon is at rank #32,151, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 68039, this pair ranks #520,646 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Lemke vs lemon

Shared letters: elm. Private to "Lemke": k. Private to "lemon": no.

"Lemke" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "lemon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

Lemke ← elmke · lekme · lemek · lemkke · lemmke · llemke · lmeke
lemon ← elmon · lemmon · lemno · lemonn · leomn · llemon · lmeon

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Lemke" for "lemon" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Lemke" is a name and "lemon" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "Lemke" vs "lemon" - which ranks higher?

"lemon" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,151 in our German list, against #35,888 for "Lemke". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Lemke" and "lemon".

Full dictionary entry for "Lemke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "lemon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #520,646 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Lemke" and "lemon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lemke vs puzzles". Nearby pair
Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #520,646 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.