# lemur vs leper

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### leper
*noun · IPA /ˈlɛpɚ/ · frequency rank #37,540*
A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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