Which to use
“luce” and “luck” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,356
- “luce” frequency rank
- #1,312
- “luck” frequency rank
- 30668
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | luce | luck |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The pike, Esox lucius, when fully grown. | Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence. |
Where the eye mixes luce and luck
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: luce vs luck
A purely visual mix-up. luce (/luːs/) and luck (/lʌk/) 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 a single letter - e in “luce” becomes k in “luck”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30668, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
luce is recorded at frequency rank #29,356, classified as anoun, pronounced /luːs/. luck is at rank #1,312, tagged as anoun, pronounced /lʌk/.
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 30668, this pair ranks #352,632 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of luce vs luck
Shared letters: clu. Private to "luce": e. Private to "luck": k.
"luce" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "luck" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "luce" and "luck" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "luce" or "luck"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "luce" and "luck" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "luce" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "luck" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #352,632 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "luce" and "luck" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "luce vs lucent". 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 #352,632 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.