Limos

name

"limos" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Limos” is uncommon English (frequency #56,877 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,877
frequency rank, English
16,425
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A child of Eris, Limos is the deity/personification of famine and starvation. The Roman counterpart is Fames.

Key facts for Limos
PropertyValue
HeadwordLimos
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#56,877
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Limos” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Limos lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Limos is uncommon English at frequency #56,877 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A child of Eris, Limos is the deity/personification of famine and starvation. The Roman counterpart is Fames.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Limos, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Λῑμός (Līmós), from Ancient Greek λῑμός (līmós, “hunger, famine, starvation”). The correct English form is Limos, spelled L-I-M-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A child of Eris, Limos is the deity/personification of famine and starvation. The Roman counterpart is Fames.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λῑμός (Līmós), from Ancient Greek λῑμός (līmós, “hunger, famine, starvation”).

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Limos"?
"Limos" is spelled L-I-M-O-S.
What does "Limos" mean?
As a proper noun, "Limos" means: A child of Eris, Limos is the deity/personification of famine and starvation. The Roman counterpart is Fames.
What is the origin of the word "Limos"?
From Ancient Greek Λῑμός (Līmós), from Ancient Greek λῑμός (līmós, “hunger, famine, starvation”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Limos”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is L-I-M-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

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Data Source

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list