Lyme
"lyme" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lyme” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,428. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,428
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A town in New London County, Connecticut, United States.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lyme · Lyme · English
Lyme · rank #22,428 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,428
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lupus
Nearest frequency peer: lupus (-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 “Lyme”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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77,576 corpus weight
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77,574 corpus weight
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77,573 corpus weight
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77,572 corpus weight
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What this shows Bars show where “Lyme” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lyme |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #22,428 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lyme” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Lyme, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #22,428 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lyme, with forms such as "llyme", "lmye", and "lyem". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lyn", "Lynn", "Lyon", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: All three towns are named after Lyme Regis in Dorset, England. The correct English form is Lyme, spelled L-Y-M-E.
Definition
- 1A town in New London County, Connecticut, United States.
- 2A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.
- 3A town in Jefferson County, New York, United States.
- 4Synonym of Forest of Lyme, mainly in Staffordshire, England
Etymology
All three towns are named after Lyme Regis in Dorset, England.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- llyme
- lmye
- lyem
- lymme
- lyyme
- ylme
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lyme - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lyme", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Lyme" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "lyn". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #22,428 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "L" letter cohort. L–Z browse
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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.