lemon sole
"lemon-sole" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lemon sole” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A European flatfish of the species Microstomus kitt (not a true sole).
Corpus desk
Index EN-lemon-sole · lemon sole · English
lemon sole · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | lemon sole |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lemon sole” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lemon sole is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A European flatfish of the species Microstomus kitt (not a true sole).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lemon sole, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Probably from French sole limande. See Wikipedia article for more theories. The correct English form is lemon sole, spelled L-E-M-O-N- -S-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1A European flatfish of the species Microstomus kitt (not a true sole).
Etymology
Probably from French sole limande. See Wikipedia article for more theories.
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.