lemon
\ˈlɛm.ən\
The verdict
“lemon” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,756. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,756
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Citron jaune.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lemon · lemon · French
lemon · rank #33,756 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,756
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH leitmotiv
Nearest frequency peer: leitmotiv (-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 « lemon »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- lamentations
lamentations
66,248 corpus weight
- landau
landau
66,247 corpus weight
- leitmotiv
leitmotiv
66,246 corpus weight
- lemon
lemon
66,245 corpus weight
- levait
levait
66,244 corpus weight
- Livourne
Livourne
66,243 corpus weight
What this shows « lemon » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lemon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈlɛm.ən\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #33,756 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lemon »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around lemon (IPA \ˈlɛm.ən\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,756 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for lemon, with forms such as "elmon", "lemmon", and "lemno". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "leo", "Lyon", "lion", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is lemon, spelled L-E-M-O-N.
Definition
- 1Citron jaune.
- 2Automobile vendue avec d’importants défauts.
- 3Produit vendu avec d’importants défauts.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elmon
- lemmon
- lemno
- lemonn
- leomn
- llemon
- lmeon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lemon - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lemon", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).