Louvre

/[ˈluːvʁə]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,682

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

Louvre is aGermannoun. It means: ehemaliger Palast in Paris, heute größtenteils ein Museum Pronounced [ˈluːvʁə]. Often confused with love and lore.

Key facts for Louvre
PropertyValue
HeadwordLouvre
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈluːvʁə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#21,682
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Louvre in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Louvre is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈluːvʁə]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,682 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ehemaliger Palast in Paris, heute größtenteils ein Museum".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Louvre, with forms such as "llouvre", "lourve", and "louver". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "love", "lore", "Loire", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Louvre, spelled L-O-U-V-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ehemaliger Palast in Paris, heute größtenteils ein Museum

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: llouvre,lourve,louver,louvrre,louvvre,lovure,luovre,oluvre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Louvre

Misspelling Variants of "Louvre"

llouvre7lourve6louver6louvrre7louvvre7lovure6luovre6oluvre6
Misspelling Variants of "Louvre"

Frequency rank: #21,682 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Louvre"?
"Louvre" is spelled L-O-U-V-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈluːvʁə].
What does "Louvre" mean?
As a noun, "Louvre" means: ehemaliger Palast in Paris, heute größtenteils ein Museum
What words are commonly confused with "Louvre"?
"Louvre" is commonly confused with "love", "lore", "Loire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Louvre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Louvre" is [ˈluːvʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Louvre" come from?
"Louvre" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.