lunette
/luːˈnɛt/
"lunette" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lunette” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lunette · lunette · English
lunette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lunette |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /luːˈnɛt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lunette” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lunette is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /luːˈnɛt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for lunette in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Unadapted borrowing from French lunette, diminutive of lune (“moon”). The correct English form is lunette, spelled L-U-N-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape.
- 2A crescent-shaped recess or void in the space above a window or door.
- 3An image or other representation of a crescent moon.
- 4A field work consisting of two projecting faces forming a wedge each of which extends from one of two parallel flanks.
- 5A luna: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance.
- 6A type of flattened glass used in watch-making.
- 7The circular hole in the guillotine in which the victim's neck is placed.
- 8A type of crescent-shaped dune blown up along a lake basin, especially in dry areas of Australia.
- 9A half horseshoe, lacking the sponge.
- 10A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.
- 11An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.
- 12See lunettes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lunette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.
Next came the semi-landing with the lunette window, and here the door opened under the pressure of a single finger, and with a sigh and creak.
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French lunette, diminutive of lune (“moon”).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.