Lemay

\lə.me\

/\lə.me\/ name

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The verdict

“Lemay” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,384. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,384
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-lemay · Lemay · French

Lemay · rank #41,384 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,384
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lavallée

Nearest frequency peer: Lavallée (-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 « Lemay »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Lemay » 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).

Lemay vs Lena
60% similar
Lemay vs leva
40% similar
Lemay vs levy
40% similar

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

Key facts for Lemay
PropertyValue
HeadwordLemay
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\lə.me\
Letters5
Frequency rank#41,384
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Lemay »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Lemayse 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 « Lavallée » (#41,383), « Lensois » (#41,385), « Larzac » (#41,381). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Lemay » est au #41,384. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Lemay (IPA \lə.me\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #41,384 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lemay, with forms such as "elmay", "leamy", and "lemayy". 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, "Lena", "leva", "levy", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Lemay, spelled L-E-M-A-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Linda Lemay, chanteuse québécoise.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elmay
  • leamy
  • lemayy
  • lemmay
  • lemya
  • llemay
  • lmeay

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lemay - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

elmay2leamy2lemayy1lemmay1lemya2llemay1lmeay2
Edit distance from "Lemay"

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 "Lemay"?
"Lemay" is spelled L-E-M-A-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \lə.me\.
What does "Lemay" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lemay" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Lemay"?
"Lemay" is commonly confused with "Lena", "leva", "levy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Lemay"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lemay" is \lə.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lemay" come from?
"Lemay" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lumia#41,393Magda#41,395jupon#41,366means#41,403

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

huées7 variantspairie7 variantsPessac7 variantspolir7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list