Lemberg

name

"lemberg" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Lemberg” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from German.

Corpus desk

Index EN-lemberg · Lemberg · English

Lemberg · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for Lemberg
PropertyValue
HeadwordLemberg
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Lemberg” in English

Lembergranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Lemberg is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Lemberg has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Lemberg. The correct English form is Lemberg, spelled L-E-M-B-E-R-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname from German.
  2. 2
    Synonym of Lviv (a city in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine).
  3. 3
    Synonym of Lviv (an oblast of Ukraine).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Lemberg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. This morning, a flight radar showed a plane flying in the Lemberg region.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Lemberg.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Lemberg"?
"Lemberg" is spelled L-E-M-B-E-R-G.
What does "Lemberg" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lemberg" means: A surname from German.
What is the origin of the word "Lemberg"?
Borrowed from German Lemberg. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list