# lure

> English word · Noun · IPA /lʊə/ · frequency rank #11,738

## Definitions
1. Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
2. An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
3. A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
4. A velvet smoothing brush.

## Etymology
From Anglo-Norman lure, from Old French loirre (Modern French leurre), from Frankish *lōþr, from Proto-Germanic *lōþr-, perhaps ultimately related to *laþō (“invitation, calling”), or from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to hide”). Compare English allure, also from Old French. Probably related to German Luder (“bait”).

## Easily confused with
- **lux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lure-vs-lux)
- **luv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lure-vs-luv)
- **luz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lure-vs-luz)
- **lye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lure-vs-lye)
- **lust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lure-vs-lust)
- **lush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lure-vs-lush)
- **Lyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lure-vs-lyle)
- **Lyme** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lure-vs-lyme)
- **lurk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lure-vs-lurk)
- **luxe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lure-vs-luxe)
- **lutz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lure-vs-lutz)
- **lute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lure-vs-lute)
- **lyra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lure-vs-lyra)
- **lyre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lure-vs-lyre)
- **lurid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lure-vs-lurid)
- **lustre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lure-vs-lustre)
- **le** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/le-vs-lure)
- **lu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lu-vs-lure)
- **LR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lr-vs-lure)
- **lie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lie-vs-lure)

## Common misspellings (5)
`llure`, `lrue`, `luer`, `lurre`, `ulre`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lure