lupus
/ˈluːpəs/
"lupus" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lupus” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,427. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,427
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lupus · lupus · English
lupus · rank #22,427 · 7 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,427
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lotta
Nearest frequency peer: lotta (-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 “lupus”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- linden
linden
77,577 corpus weight
- Lithuanian
Lithuanian
77,576 corpus weight
- lotta
lotta
77,575 corpus weight
- lupus
lupus
77,574 corpus weight
- Lyme
Lyme
77,573 corpus weight
- lymph
lymph
77,572 corpus weight
What this shows “lupus” 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 | lupus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈluːpəs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #22,427 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “lupus”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around lupus (IPA /ˈluːpəs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,427 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for lupus, with forms such as "llupus", "lpuus", and "luppus". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "lips", "Luis", "laps", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin lupus (“wolf”). Doublet of lobo and wolf. The correct English form is lupus, spelled L-U-P-U-S.
Definition
- 1Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lupus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You like the name quesalupa? That is a little like "case of lupus". I just keep thinking about that.
After the singer was diagnosed with lupus, she tells the vodcast “Giving Back Generation” that she discovered the disease has a direct impact on her weight, which made her struggle privately.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lupus (“wolf”). Doublet of lobo and wolf.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- llupus
- lpuus
- luppus
- lupsu
- lupuss
- luups
- ulpus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lupus - 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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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).