lustrous
/ˈlʌ.stɹəs/
"lustrous" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lustrous” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,766. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,766
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having a glow or lustre.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lustrous · lustrous · English
lustrous · rank #43,766 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #43,766
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lustful
Nearest frequency peer: lustful (-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 “lustrous”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- lolo
lolo
56,238 corpus weight
- Lusaka
Lusaka
56,237 corpus weight
- lustful
lustful
56,236 corpus weight
- lustrous
lustrous
56,235 corpus weight
- MacIntyre
MacIntyre
56,234 corpus weight
- macroscopic
macroscopic
56,233 corpus weight
What this shows “lustrous” 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 | lustrous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈlʌ.stɹəs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #43,766 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “lustrous”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around lustrous (IPA /ˈlʌ.stɹəs/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,766 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for lustrous, with forms such as "llustrous", "lsutrous", and "lusrtous". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "luscious", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From lustre + -ous. The correct English form is lustrous, spelled L-U-S-T-R-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Having a glow or lustre.
- 2As if shining with a brilliant light; radiant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lustrous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Why it hath bay windows transparent as barricadoes, and the clearstores toward the south north are as lustrous as ebony; and yet complainest thou of obstruction?
There was not a cloud on the sky, save a few light vapours that congregated near the moon; but even they were lustrous with her presence.
Etymology
From lustre + -ous.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- llustrous
- lsutrous
- lusrtous
- lusstrous
- lustorus
- lustrosu
- lustrouss
- lustrrous
- lustruos
- lusttrous
- lutsrous
- ulstrous
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lustrous - 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 "lustrous", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).