Lucina
/luˈsiːnə/
"lucina" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lucina” is uncommon English (frequency #63,771 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,771
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An epithet of the Roman goddess Juno or (less often) Diana in the role of goddess of childbirth, midwives, and newborns.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lucina |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /luˈsiːnə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,771 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lucina” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lucina is uncommon English at frequency #63,771 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /luˈsiːnə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Lucina, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English Lucina and Lucyna, from Latin Lūcīna. The correct English form is Lucina, spelled L-U-C-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1An epithet of the Roman goddess Juno or (less often) Diana in the role of goddess of childbirth, midwives, and newborns.
- 2A separate goddess of those fields, a daughter of Jupiter and Juno and counterpart to the Greek Eileithyia.
- 3146 Lucina, a Main Belt asteroid.
- 4A female given name from Latin.
Etymology
From Middle English Lucina and Lucyna, from Latin Lūcīna.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Lucina”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-U-C-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /luˈsiːnə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.