Lukes
"lukes" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lukes” is uncommon English (frequency #66,056 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,056
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname transferred from the given name.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lukes · Lukes · English
Lukes · rank #66,056 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,056
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 16,425
- PHOTO-FINISH luma
Nearest frequency peer: luma (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Lukes”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lozenge
lozenge
33,950 corpus weight
- Lukes
Lukes
33,945 corpus weight
- luma
luma
33,944 corpus weight
- Lumina
Lumina
33,943 corpus weight
- Lydon
Lydon
33,942 corpus weight
- Macey
Macey
33,939 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Lukes” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lukes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,056 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lukes” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lukes is uncommon English at frequency #66,056 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname transferred from the given name.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Lukes in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the given name Luke. The correct English form is Lukes, spelled L-U-K-E-S.
Definition
- 1A surname transferred from the given name.
Etymology
From the given name Luke.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.