limer
\li.me\
The verdict
“limer” is uncommon French (frequency #70,796 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,796
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dégrossir, amenuiser, polir avec la lime.
Corpus desk
Index FR-limer · limer · French
limer · rank #70,796 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,796
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH limits
Nearest frequency peer: limits (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « limer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- larguées
larguées
29,208 corpus weight
- Leni
Leni
29,207 corpus weight
- limer
limer
29,205 corpus weight
- limits
limits
29,204 corpus weight
- lins
lins
29,203 corpus weight
- livrable
livrable
29,202 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « limer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | limer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \li.me\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #70,796 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « limer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
limer is uncommon French at frequency #70,796 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \li.me\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for limer, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is limer, spelled L-I-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Dégrossir, amenuiser, polir avec la lime.
- 2Corriger avec soin, polir, perfectionner, en parlant des ouvrages de l’esprit.
- 3Copuler, en parlant d’un mâle ; pénétrer sexuellement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how limer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’était pour lui qu’elle se limait les ongles avec un soin de ciseleur.
Sans son amour pour Marie, il eût brisé sa chaîne d’or avec plus de joie qu’un forçat n’en ressent dans son cœur lorsqu’il voit tomber le dernier anneau qu’il a limé pendant deux années avec un ressort d’acier caché dans sa bouche.
This word in other languages
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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