Limon
"limon" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Limon” is uncommon English (frequency #62,276 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,276
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Spanish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-limon · Limon · English
Limon · rank #62,276 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,276
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Lindstrom
Nearest frequency peer: Lindstrom (+1 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 “Limon”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Lesbos
Lesbos
37,729 corpus weight
- lessor
lessor
37,728 corpus weight
- libelous
libelous
37,727 corpus weight
- Limon
Limon
37,725 corpus weight
- Lindstrom
Lindstrom
37,724 corpus weight
- Linklater
Linklater
37,723 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Limon” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Limon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,276 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Limon” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Limon is uncommon English at frequency #62,276 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Limon in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish Limón. Doublet of Lemon. The correct English form is Limon, spelled L-I-M-O-N.
Definition
- 1A surname from Spanish.
- 2A town in Lincoln County, Colorado, United States.
- 3A province of Costa Rica.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Limon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The discovery “changes also the story about this region,” she said, adding that it proves Afro-Costa Ricans were in the province of Limon “a hundred years before it was registered in official history.”
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Limón. Doublet of Lemon.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).