lêmure
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
- lambuzar
lambuzar
26,677 corpus weight
- legibilidade
legibilidade
26,672 corpus weight
- lêmure
lêmure
26,660 corpus weight
- magestade
magestade
26,651 corpus weight
- matarão
matarão
26,639 corpus weight
- menosprezo
menosprezo
26,630 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “lêmure” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lêmure |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #73,341 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “lêmure” em português
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
- 1qualquer espécie da infra-ordem Lemuriformes, todas elas arborícolas, endêmicas da ilha de Madagascar, África
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lêmure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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