luce
[ˈlut͡ʃe]
The verdict
“luce” is uncommon German (frequency #53,879 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,879
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das Licht
Corpus desk
Index DE-luce · luce · German
luce · rank #53,879 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,879
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH loving
Nearest frequency peer: loving (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “luce”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lokalitäten
Lokalitäten
46,125 corpus weight
- loving
loving
46,123 corpus weight
- luce
luce
46,122 corpus weight
- luftig
luftig
46,121 corpus weight
- Länderspiel…
Länderspielpause
46,120 corpus weight
- Läsionen
Läsionen
46,119 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “luce” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | luce |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlut͡ʃe] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #53,879 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “luce” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
luce is uncommon German at frequency #53,879 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlut͡ʃe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Licht".
No generated misspelling entries exist for luce in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is luce, spelled L-U-C-E.
Definition
- 1das Licht
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.