Lucca

[ˈlʊka]

/[ˈlʊka]/ name

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The verdict

“Lucca” sits in 11 confusable pairs (corpus #41,976) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#41,976
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt in der Toskana (Italien)

Corpus desk

Index DE-lucca · Lucca · German

Lucca · rank #41,976 · 4 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,976
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH logistischen

Nearest frequency peer: logistischen (-1 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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „Lucca“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „Lucca“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Lucca vs Lucy
60% similar
Lucca vs luna
40% similar
Lucca vs luck
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Lucca
PropertyValue
HeadwordLucca
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈlʊka]
Letters5
Frequency rank#41,976
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Lucca“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Luccaliegt auf dieser Marke:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „logistischen“ (#41,975), „logisches“ (#41,974), „Mahnungen“ (#41,978). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Lucca“ bei #41,976. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Lucca is neighbouring look-alikes ("Lucy", "luna", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced [ˈlʊka]. Frequency #41,976 among 2,640 “L” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lucca, with forms such as "lcuca", "llucca", and "lucac". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Lucy", "luna", "luck", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Lucca, spelled L-U-C-C-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt in der Toskana (Italien)
  2. 2
    Provinz in der Toskana (Italien) mit der Hauptstadt Lucca [1]

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Die letztere hatte sich in Rom niedergelassen; die Marcucci lebte in Überfluß in Lucca, ihrer Heimatstadt.“

This word in other languages

Lucca(English)Lucca(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lcuca
  • llucca
  • lucac
  • ulcca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lucca - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

lcuca2llucca1lucac2ulcca2
Edit distance from "Lucca"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Lucca"?
"Lucca" is spelled L-U-C-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlʊka].
What does "Lucca" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lucca" means: Stadt in der Toskana (Italien)
What words are commonly confused with "Lucca"?
"Lucca" is commonly confused with "Lucy", "luna", "luck". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Lucca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lucca" is [ˈlʊka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lucca" come from?
"Lucca" is a German 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 German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Minis#41,998Kokos#41,942mundi#42,013Jonah#41,928

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list