# lemme vs lemur

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### lemme
*contraction · IPA /ˈlɛmi/ · frequency rank #22,723*
Let me.

### lemur
*noun · IPA /ˈliːmə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #48,861*
Any strepsirrhine primate of the superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lemme-vs-lemur