Which to use
“luck” and “Lücke” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,957
- “luck” frequency rank
- #6,083
- “Lücke” frequency rank
- 33040
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | luck | Lücke |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Glück | Stelle, an der etwas fehlt, das dort sein sollte oder dort hin kann |
Where the eye mixes luck and Lücke
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: luck vs Lücke
A purely visual mix-up. luck ([lʌk]) and Lücke ([ˈlʏkə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33040, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
luck is recorded at frequency rank #26,957, classified as anoun, pronounced [lʌk]. Lücke is at rank #6,083, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈlʏkə].
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 33040, this pair ranks #1,694,583 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of luck vs Lücke
Shared letters: ckl. Private to "luck": u. Private to "Lücke": eü.
"luck" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Lücke" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- luck ← lcuk · lluck · lucck · luckk · lukc · ulck
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "luck" for "Lücke" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "luck" or "Lücke" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "luck" and "Lücke" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "luck" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Lücke" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,694,583 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "luck" and "Lücke" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "luck vs Luckau". 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 #1,694,583 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.