Lukas
"lukas" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lukas” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,572. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,572
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Latin, of rare usage, variant of Lucas.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lukas · Lukas · English
Lukas · rank #21,572 · 7 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,572
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Luka
Nearest frequency peer: Luka (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Lukas”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- lotto
lotto
78,433 corpus weight
- lovable
lovable
78,432 corpus weight
- Luka
Luka
78,430 corpus weight
- Lukas
Lukas
78,429 corpus weight
- Lyndon
Lyndon
78,428 corpus weight
- MacArthur
MacArthur
78,426 corpus weight
What this shows “Lukas” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lukas |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #21,572 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Lukas”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Lukas, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #21,572 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lukas, with forms such as "lkuas", "llukas", and "luaks". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "Luke", "luna", "Lula", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin Lucas (“a man from Lucania”). The correct English form is Lukas, spelled L-U-K-A-S.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Latin, of rare usage, variant of Lucas.
- 2A rare surname, also spelled Lucas.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Lucas (“a man from Lucania”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lkuas
- llukas
- luaks
- lukass
- lukkas
- luksa
- ulkas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lukas - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lukas", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).