limes
/ˈlʌɪmiːz/noun
limes is spelled L-I-M-E-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,912th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, limes means “A boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of limes is limites.
How many letters and syllables are in limes?
| Letters | 5: L-I-M-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,912th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is limes?
Limes appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,912th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce limes?
- UK /ˈlʌɪmiːz/
As a noun: /lʌɪmz/.
Limes has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-limes.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with limes?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as limes (/ʌɪmiz/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: miles, smile, slime.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of limes
- limites plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does limes mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire.
- 2
plural of lime
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does limes come from?
From Latin līmes. Doublet of limit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).