lemme

\lɛm\

/\lɛm\/ noun

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The verdict

“lemme” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,640. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,640
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Proposition dont la démonstration est nécessaire pour une autre proposition qui doit la suivre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lemme · lemme · French

lemme · rank #48,640 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,640
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Legros

Nearest frequency peer: Legros (-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 « lemme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « lemme » 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).

lemme vs lime
60% similar
lemme vs Lomé
20% similar
lemme vs Lyme
40% similar

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

Key facts for lemme
PropertyValue
Headwordlemme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lɛm\
Letters5
Frequency rank#48,640
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lemme »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).lemmese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Legros » (#48,639), « liait » (#48,641), « Lefranc » (#48,638). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lemme » est au #48,640. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around lemme (IPA \lɛm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,640 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for lemme, with forms such as "elmme", "leme", and "lemem". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lime", "Lomé", "Lyme", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is lemme, spelled L-E-M-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Proposition dont la démonstration est nécessaire pour une autre proposition qui doit la suivre.
  2. 2
    Appellation, figée par l'usage, donnée à certains résultats.
  3. 3
    Proposition que l’on prend pour accordée.
  4. 4
    Forme canonique, considérée par convention comme non fléchie, d’un nom, d’un adjectif, d’un verbe, d'un adverbe, d’un pronom, présentée comme entrée principale, dans un dictionnaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […], Pappus a réservé une place importante à l’exposé des démonstrations des théorèmes auxiliaires (les « lemmes ») relatifs aux Coniques d’Apollonios. Pour les Livres I-III (aucun lemme ne se rapporte au Livre IV), on compte 35 propositions élémentaires qui, pour une bonne part, relèvent de la géométrie du triangle.
  2. Les matrices des représentations irréductibles d’un groupe satisfont à deux propriétés qu’on appelle respectivement premier et second lemmes de Schur.

Synonyms

forme canonique

Antonyms

désinenceflexion

This word in other languages

lemma(English)lema(Español)Lemma(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elmme
  • leme
  • lemem
  • llemme
  • lmeme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

elmme2leme1lemem2llemme1lmeme2
Edit distance from "lemme"

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 "lemme"?
"lemme" is spelled L-E-M-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lɛm\.
What does "lemme" mean?
As a noun, "lemme" means: Proposition dont la démonstration est nécessaire pour une autre proposition qui doit la suivre.
What words are commonly confused with "lemme"?
"lemme" is commonly confused with "lime", "Lomé", "Lyme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lemme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lemme" is \lɛm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lemme" come from?
"lemme" 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 "lemme", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

liait#48,641Klopp#48,631manor#48,656Milla#48,665

Similar misspelling depth

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

kata5 variantsjama5 variantsMoura5 variantsnapa5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list