Lemaire

\lə.mɛʁ\

/\lə.mɛʁ\/ name

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The verdict

“Lemaire” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,987. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,987
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-lemaire · Lemaire · French

Lemaire · rank #17,987 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,987
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lança

Nearest frequency peer: lança (-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 « Lemaire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Lemaire » 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).

Lemaire vs lunaire
57% similar
Lemaire vs Lemoine
71% similar
Lemaire vs lombaire
63% similar

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

Key facts for Lemaire
PropertyValue
HeadwordLemaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\lə.mɛʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#17,987
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Lemaire »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Lemairese 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 « lança » (#17,986), « lents » (#17,988), « kW » (#17,985). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Lemaire » est au #17,987. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Lemaire (IPA \lə.mɛʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #17,987 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lemaire, with forms such as "elmaire", "leamire", and "lemaier". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "lunaire", "Lemoine", "lombaire", 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Lemaire, spelled L-E-M-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Madeleine Lemaire est une peintre classique longtemps méconnue alors que Proust l'admirait beaucoup dans sa jeunesse.
  2. Yoann Lemaire, c’est la voix de son maître, il prend la parole dans les médias pour dire que des efforts sont faits.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elmaire
  • leamire
  • lemaier
  • lemairre
  • lemarie
  • lemiare
  • lemmaire
  • llemaire
  • lmeaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lemaire - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

elmaire2leamire2lemaier2lemairre1lemarie2lemiare2lemmaire1llemaire1
Edit distance from "Lemaire"

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 "Lemaire"?
"Lemaire" is spelled L-E-M-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lə.mɛʁ\.
What does "Lemaire" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lemaire" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Lemaire"?
"Lemaire" is commonly confused with "lunaire", "Lemoine", "lombaire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Lemaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lemaire" is \lə.mɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lemaire" come from?
"Lemaire" 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 "Lemaire", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Lindsay#17,992Mahmoud#17,994murmure#18,003méfaits#18,004

Similar misspelling depth

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

Hughes9 variantsnullité9 variantsnumber9 variantspixels9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list