Limousin
/ˌlɪməˈzɪn/
"limousin" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Limousin” is uncommon English (frequency #99,504 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,504
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A geographic region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Corpus desk
Index EN-limousin · Limousin · English
Limousin · rank #99,504 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,504
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 16,425
- PHOTO-FINISH Lijiang
Nearest frequency peer: Lijiang (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Limousin”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Leite
Leite
505 corpus weight
- Leytonstone
Leytonstone
502 corpus weight
- Liesel
Liesel
501 corpus weight
- Lijiang
Lijiang
498 corpus weight
- Limousin
Limousin
497 corpus weight
- Litvinov
Litvinov
494 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Limousin” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Limousin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌlɪməˈzɪn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #99,504 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Limousin” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Limousin is uncommon English at frequency #99,504 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌlɪməˈzɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Limousin, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French Limousin, from Latin Lemovicinus, adjective form of Lemovices, name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears, of same ultimate origin as elm. The correct English form is Limousin, spelled L-I-M-O-U-S-I-N.
Definition
- 1A geographic region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
- 2A dialect of the Occitan language.
Etymology
Borrowed from French Limousin, from Latin Lemovicinus, adjective form of Lemovices, name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears, of same ultimate origin as elm.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.