Lemoine

\lə.mwan\

/\lə.mwan\/ name

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The verdict

“Lemoine” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,603. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,603
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-lemoine · Lemoine · French

Lemoine · rank #22,603 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,603
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Libyen

Nearest frequency peer: Libyen (+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 « Lemoine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Lemoine » 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).

Lemoine vs leone
57% similar
Lemoine vs lemon
57% similar
Lemoine vs Lénine
57% similar

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

Key facts for Lemoine
PropertyValue
HeadwordLemoine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\lə.mwan\
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,603
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Lemoine »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Libyen » (#22,604), « libérées » (#22,605), « kits » (#22,600). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Lemoine » est au #22,603. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Lemoine (IPA \lə.mwan\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #22,603 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lemoine, with forms such as "elmoine", "lemione", and "lemmoine". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "leone", "lemon", "Lénine", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 French form is Lemoine, spelled L-E-M-O-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Enfin, les sauveteurs d’août sont en poste : Marie Lemoine, Jules Le Faucheux, Calixte Calvez et Baptiste Huelvan.
  2. Le sommeil, c’est du sur-mesure, pas du prêt-à-porter, affirme Patrick Lemoine.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elmoine
  • lemione
  • lemmoine
  • lemoien
  • lemoinne
  • lemonie
  • leomine
  • llemoine
  • lmeoine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

elmoine2lemione2lemmoine1lemoien2lemoinne1lemonie2leomine2llemoine1
Edit distance from "Lemoine"

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 "Lemoine"?
"Lemoine" is spelled L-E-M-O-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lə.mwan\.
What does "Lemoine" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lemoine" means: Nom de famille
What words are commonly confused with "Lemoine"?
"Lemoine" is commonly confused with "leone", "lemon", "Lénine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Lemoine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lemoine" is \lə.mwan\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lemoine" come from?
"Lemoine" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Kabylie#22,598jacuzzi#22,595marmite#22,614Hopkins#22,585

Similar misspelling depth

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

Libyen9 variantsferrées9 variantsfayard9 variantspatins9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list