# luce

> English word · Noun · IPA /luːs/ · frequency rank #29,356

## Definitions
1. The pike, Esox lucius, when fully grown.

## Etymology
From Old French lus, luis, from Latin lūcius.

## Easily confused with
- **lux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luce-vs-lux)
- **lug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luce-vs-lug)
- **luv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luce-vs-luv)
- **luz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luce-vs-luz)
- **Lui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luce-vs-lui)
- **Luo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luce-vs-luo)
- **lye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luce-vs-lye)
- **lun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luce-vs-lun)
- **Luk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luce-vs-luk)
- **lul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luce-vs-lul)
- **lum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luce-vs-lum)
- **luck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luce-vs-luck)
- **Luke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luce-vs-luke)
- **lung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luce-vs-lung)
- **Lucy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luce-vs-lucy)
- **Luis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luce-vs-luis)
- **lust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luce-vs-lust)
- **lump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luce-vs-lump)
- **lure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luce-vs-lure)
- **luna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luce-vs-luna)

## Common misspellings (4)
`lluce`, `lucce`, `luec`, `ulce`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/luce