lamen
[ˈlamẽn]
The verdict
“lamen” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,398 among 2,069 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,398
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de lamer.
Corpus desk
Index ES-lamen · lamen · Spanish
lamen · rank #70,398 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,398
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH lamentaron
Nearest frequency peer: lamentaron (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “lamen”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Kiel
Kiel
29,608 corpus weight
- kip
kip
29,607 corpus weight
- Kota
Kota
29,606 corpus weight
- lamen
lamen
29,603 corpus weight
- lamentaron
lamentaron
29,602 corpus weight
- largaron
largaron
29,598 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “lamen” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lamen |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈlamẽn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #70,398 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “lamen” en español
Rare enough to double-check
lamen is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,398 among 2,069 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈlamẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de lamer.".
lamen has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is lamen, spelled L-A-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de lamer.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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