lutes
/luːts/
"lutes" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lutes” is uncommon English (frequency #93,942 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,942
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of lute
Corpus desk
Index EN-lutes · lutes · English
lutes · rank #93,942 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,942
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Lynam
Nearest frequency peer: Lynam (+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 “lutes”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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6,066 corpus weight
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6,065 corpus weight
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6,064 corpus weight
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6,063 corpus weight
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6,059 corpus weight
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6,058 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lutes” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lutes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /luːts/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #93,942 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lutes” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lutes is uncommon English at frequency #93,942 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /luːts/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of lute".
Zero misspellings are on record for lutes in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is lutes, spelled L-U-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of lute
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 September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.