Lomé
/loʊˈmeɪ/
"lome" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lomé” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The capital city of Togo.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lome · Lomé · English
Lomé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lomé |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /loʊˈmeɪ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Lomé” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Lomé is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /loʊˈmeɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The capital city of Togo.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Lomé in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French Lomé, from Ewe alotimé (“in the middle of the alo plants”). The correct English form is Lomé, spelled L-O-M-É.
Definition
- 1The capital city of Togo.
Etymology
From French Lomé, from Ewe alotimé (“in the middle of the alo plants”).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.