leme
/ˈlɛ.mɨ/
The verdict
“leme” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,478. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,478
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - superfície plana na parte traseira de um barco ou de um avião e que serve para os dirigir
Corpus desk
Index PT-leme · leme · Portuguese
leme · rank #12,478 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,478
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH Latin
Nearest frequency peer: Latin (-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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “leme”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- isenção
isenção
87,532 corpus weight
- Jules
Jules
87,528 corpus weight
- Latin
Latin
87,524 corpus weight
- leme
leme
87,523 corpus weight
- madonna
madonna
87,516 corpus weight
- magnífico
magnífico
87,515 corpus weight
What this shows “leme” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | leme |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɛ.mɨ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #12,478 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “leme”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around leme (IPA /ˈlɛ.mɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,478 among 581 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for leme, with forms such as "elme", "leem", and "lemme". 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, "lhe", "ler", "leo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is leme, spelled L-E-M-E.
Definition
- 1superfície plana na parte traseira de um barco ou de um avião e que serve para os dirigir
- 2governo, direção
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elme
- leem
- lemme
- lleme
- lmee
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of leme - 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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).