lemingue

/lɛˈmĩɡ(ə)/

//lɛˈmĩɡ(ə)// noun

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The verdict

“lemingue” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pequeno roedor, encontrado geralmente no bioma ártico da tundra

Corpus desk

Index PT-lemingue · lemingue · Portuguese

lemingue · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for lemingue
PropertyValue
Headwordlemingue
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/lɛˈmĩɡ(ə)/
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “lemingue” sits in Portuguese frequency

lemingue falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lemingue is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /lɛˈmĩɡ(ə)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pequeno roedor, encontrado geralmente no bioma ártico da tundra".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lemingue, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is lemingue, spelled L-E-M-I-N-G-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    pequeno roedor, encontrado geralmente no bioma ártico da tundra

This word in other languages

lemming(English)lemming(Français)Lemming(Deutsch)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lemingue"?
"lemingue" is spelled L-E-M-I-N-G-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is /lɛˈmĩɡ(ə)/.
What does "lemingue" mean?
As a noun, "lemingue" means: pequeno roedor, encontrado geralmente no bioma ártico da tundra
How do you pronounce "lemingue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lemingue" is /lɛˈmĩɡ(ə)/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lemingue" come from?
"lemingue" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list