liman
/lɪˈmɑn/
"liman" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“liman” is uncommon English (frequency #79,708 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,708
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A wide estuary formed as a lagoon at the mouth of one or more rivers, where flow is constrained by a bar of sediments (created by either the current of a sea or a sediment-saturated river), especia...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | liman |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /lɪˈmɑn/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #79,708 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “liman” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
liman is uncommon English at frequency #79,708 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /lɪˈmɑn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A wide estuary formed as a lagoon at the mouth of one or more rivers, where flow is constrained by a bar of sediments (created by either the current of a sea or a sediment-saturated river), especia...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for liman, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Russian лима́н (limán) or Ukrainian лима́н (lymán), from Turkic, compare Turkish liman (“port, harbor”). Ultimately from Ancient Greek λιμήν (limḗn, “harbor”). The correct English form is liman, spelled L-I-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1A wide estuary formed as a lagoon at the mouth of one or more rivers, where flow is constrained by a bar of sediments (created by either the current of a sea or a sediment-saturated river), especially in the Black Sea region.
Etymology
From Russian лима́н (limán) or Ukrainian лима́н (lymán), from Turkic, compare Turkish liman (“port, harbor”). Ultimately from Ancient Greek λιμήν (limḗn, “harbor”).
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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Using “liman”
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- The one correct English spelling is L-I-M-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.