LMR

noun

"lmr" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“LMR” is uncommon English (frequency #89,560 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,560
frequency rank, English
2,297
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of land mobile radio.

Corpus desk

Index EN-lmr · LMR · English

LMR · rank #89,560 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,560
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,297
  • PHOTO-FINISH Livi

Nearest frequency peer: Livi (-2 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 “LMR”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “LMR” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for LMR
PropertyValue
HeadwordLMR
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#89,560
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “LMR” in English

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Livi” (#89,558), “loftier” (#89,562), “livability” (#89,557). Among 2,297 “L” headwords, “LMR” is #89,560. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

LMR is uncommon English at frequency #89,560 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for LMR in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is LMR, spelled L-M-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Initialism of land mobile radio.
  2. 2
    Initialism of last-minute resistance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how LMR appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I figured she'd probably started dating someone else, someone who had been able to break through her LMR.
  2. A woman's LMR threshold may differ from person to person, and a woman's own LMR threshold will change depending on the value of the man she is about to sleep with and other circumstances.

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 "LMR"?
"LMR" is spelled L-M-R.
What does "LMR" mean?
As a noun, "LMR" means: Initialism of land mobile radio.
What language does "LMR" come from?
"LMR" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "LMR", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list