lumière

[lymjɛR]

/[lymjɛR]/ noun

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The verdict

“lumière” is uncommon German (frequency #94,581 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,581
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Licht, Helligkeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-lumiere · lumière · German

lumière · rank #94,581 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,581
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Luftreinhaltu…

Nearest frequency peer: Luftreinhaltung (-2 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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „lumière“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „lumière“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lumière
PropertyValue
Headwordlumière
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[lymjɛR]
Letters7
Frequency rank#94,581
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „lumière“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).lumièrefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Luftreinhaltung“ (#94,579), „Luxuswohnungen“ (#94,583), „Luftkrieg“ (#94,578). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „lumière“ bei #94,581. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lumière is uncommon German at frequency #94,581 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [lymjɛR]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Licht, Helligkeit".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lumière, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is lumière, spelled L-U-M-I-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Licht, Helligkeit

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Une lumière dans le noir…

Antonyms

obscuritéténèbresnoir

This word in other languages

light(English)luz(Español)

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 "lumière"?
"lumière" is spelled L-U-M-I-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [lymjɛR].
What does "lumière" mean?
As a noun, "lumière" means: Licht, Helligkeit
How do you pronounce "lumière"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lumière" is [lymjɛR]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lumière" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Marotte#94,606Lenzing#94,550Maurers#94,616konvexe#94,511

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list