Lemberg
"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
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lemberg |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Lemberg” in English
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
- 1A surname from German.
- 2Synonym of Lviv (a city in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine).
- 3Synonym of Lviv (an oblast of Ukraine).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lemberg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.