Lemur
\le.ˈmuːɐ̯\
The verdict
“Lemur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lémur, lémurien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lemur · Lemur · French
Lemur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lemur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \le.ˈmuːɐ̯\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Lemur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \le.ˈmuːɐ̯\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lémur, lémurien.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Lemur in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Lemur, spelled L-E-M-U-R.
Definition
- 1Lémur, lémurien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lemur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Heute sind Lemuren vom Aussterben bedroht.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.