Lemminge
[ˈlɛmɪŋə]
The verdict
“Lemminge” is uncommon German (frequency #87,978 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,978
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Lemming
Corpus desk
Index DE-lemminge · Lemminge · German
Lemminge · rank #87,978 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,978
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Leidenszeit
Nearest frequency peer: Leidenszeit (-4 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Lemminge”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lebensgeist…
Lebensgeister
12,030 corpus weight
- lebensnotwe…
lebensnotwendigen
12,029 corpus weight
- Leidenszeit
Leidenszeit
12,027 corpus weight
- Lemminge
Lemminge
12,023 corpus weight
- Liebenswürd…
Liebenswürdigkeit
12,017 corpus weight
- Liebespaare
Liebespaare
12,015 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Lemminge” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lemminge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlɛmɪŋə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,978 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lemminge” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lemminge is uncommon German at frequency #87,978 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlɛmɪŋə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Lemminge, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Lemminge, spelled L-E-M-M-I-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Lemming
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Lemming
- 3Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Lemming
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lemminge", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.