Lemuel
/ˈlɛm.jə(wə)l/
"lemuel" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lemuel” is uncommon English (frequency #56,871 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,871
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A king mentioned in the Proverbs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lemuel · Lemuel · English
Lemuel · rank #56,871 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,871
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH leftwing
Nearest frequency peer: leftwing (-2 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Lemuel”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- leaver
leaver
43,135 corpus weight
- lectern
lectern
43,133 corpus weight
- leftwing
leftwing
43,132 corpus weight
- Lemuel
Lemuel
43,130 corpus weight
- Lett
Lett
43,127 corpus weight
- levying
levying
43,126 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Lemuel” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lemuel |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɛm.jə(wə)l/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,871 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Lemuel” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Lemuel is uncommon English at frequency #56,871 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈlɛm.jə(wə)l/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Lemuel in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hebrew לְמוּאֵל (lemu'él, ləmūʔel, literally “devoted to God”). The correct English form is Lemuel, spelled L-E-M-U-E-L.
Definition
- 1A king mentioned in the Proverbs.
- 2A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
- 3A character in the Book of Mormon, the younger brother of Laman and the elder brother of Nephi, Sam, Jacob, and Joseph.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lemuel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The wordes of King Lemuel, the prophecie that his mother taught him.
THE Author of theſe Travels, Mr. Lemuel Gulliver, is my antient and intimate Friend; there is likewiſe ſome Relation between us by the Mother's Side.
Etymology
From Hebrew לְמוּאֵל (lemu'él, ləmūʔel, literally “devoted to God”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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