Lehman

name

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The verdict

“Lehman” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,406. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,406
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lehman · Lehman · French

Lehman · rank #37,406 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,406
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH languages

Nearest frequency peer: languages (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Lehman »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Lehman » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Lehman vs Léman
67% similar
Lehman vs lemon
50% similar
Lehman vs Lemay
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Lehman
PropertyValue
HeadwordLehman
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#37,406
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Lehman »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Lehmanse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « languages » (#37,405), « letter » (#37,407), « lamentablement » (#37,404). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Lehman » est au #37,406. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Lehman, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #37,406 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lehman, with forms such as "elhman", "lehamn", and "lehhman". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Léman", "lemon", "Lemay", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Lehman, spelled L-E-H-M-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Elle a néanmoins écarté un renflouement de l’établissement, alors que des comparaisons ont été faites avec la faillite de Lehman Brothers, qui avait accéléré une récession mondiale.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elhman
  • lehamn
  • lehhman
  • lehmann
  • lehmman
  • lehmna
  • lemhan
  • lheman
  • llehman

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lehman - 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.

elhman2lehamn2lehhman1lehmann1lehmman1lehmna2lemhan2lheman2
Edit distance from "Lehman"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Lehman"?
"Lehman" is spelled L-E-H-M-A-N.
What does "Lehman" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lehman" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Lehman"?
"Lehman" is commonly confused with "Léman", "lemon", "Lemay". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Lehman" come from?
"Lehman" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

letter#37,407Levine#37,409listen#37,413lotion#37,415

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

maints9 variantsIstres9 variantsmariette9 variantsmethod9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list