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“Lucas” and “Lucie” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,205
“Lucas” frequency rank
#25,653
“Lucie” frequency rank
32858
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Lucas Lucie
Definition englischer männlicher Vorname tschechischer weiblicher Vorname

Letter map: Lucas vs Lucie

Shared letters muted; letters that set Lucas and Lucie apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Lucas
5 ch
Lucie

Corpus notes: Lucas and Lucie

Lucas and Lucie are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32858, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Lucas is recorded at frequency rank #7,205, classified as aname, pronounced […]. Lucie is at rank #25,653, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈlʊt͡sɪjɛ].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 32858, this pair ranks #1,698,502 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Lucas vs Lucie

Shared letters: clu. Private to "Lucas": as. Private to "Lucie": ei.

"Lucas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Lucie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Lucaslcuas · llucas · luacs · lucass · luccas · lucsa · ulcas
  • Lucielcuie · llucie · luccie · lucei · luice · ulcie

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Lucas" and "Lucie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary German text, does "Lucas" or "Lucie" show up more?
"Lucas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,205 in our German list, against #25,653 for "Lucie". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Lucas" vs "Lucie" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Lucas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Lucie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,698,502 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Lucas" and "Lucie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lübke vs Lucie". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,698,502 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list