lima

adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,418

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

lima is anGermanadj. It means: grenzwertig Often confused with lin and liv.

Key facts for lima
PropertyValue
Headwordlima
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
Letters4
Frequency rank#22,418
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of lima in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for lima is 4 letters long, classified as anadj. Corpus data places it at rank #22,418 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "grenzwertig".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for lima, with forms such as "ilma", "liam", and "limma". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lin", "liv", "LKA", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is lima, spelled L-I-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    grenzwertig

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ilma,liam,limma,llima,lmia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lima

Misspelling Variants of "lima"

ilma4liam4limma5llima5lmia4
Misspelling Variants of "lima"

Frequency rank: #22,418 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lima"?
"lima" is spelled L-I-M-A.
What does "lima" mean?
As an adj, "lima" means: grenzwertig
What words are commonly confused with "lima"?
"lima" is commonly confused with "lin", "liv", "LKA". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "lima" come from?
"lima" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter L in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.