lêmure

noun

The verdict

“lêmure” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,341 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,341
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - qualquer espécie da infra-ordem Lemuriformes, todas elas arborícolas, endêmicas da ilha de Madagascar, África

Corpus desk

Index PT-lemure · lêmure · Portuguese

lêmure · rank #73,341 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,341
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH magestade

Nearest frequency peer: magestade (+9 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “lêmure”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “lêmure” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lêmure
PropertyValue
Headwordlêmure
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#73,341
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “lêmure” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).lêmurecai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “magestade” (#73,350), “legibilidade” (#73,329), “lambuzar” (#73,324). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “lêmure” fica em #73,341. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lêmure is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,341 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "qualquer espécie da infra-ordem Lemuriformes, todas elas arborícolas, endêmicas da ilha de Madagascar, África".

No generated misspelling entries exist for lêmure in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is lêmure, spelled L-Ê-M-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    qualquer espécie da infra-ordem Lemuriformes, todas elas arborícolas, endêmicas da ilha de Madagascar, África

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how lêmure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O lêmure emitiu um grito de alerta 15 minutos antes do terremoto e novamente após ele ter ocorrido.

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lêmure"?
"lêmure" is spelled L-Ê-M-U-R-E.
What does "lêmure" mean?
As a noun, "lêmure" means: qualquer espécie da infra-ordem Lemuriformes, todas elas arborícolas, endêmicas da ilha de Madagascar, África
What language does "lêmure" come from?
"lêmure" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lêmure", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list