Luther
/ˈluːθə/
"luther" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Luther” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #8,571 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #8,571
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Martin Luther, German monk and theologian whose teaching inspired the Reformation.
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 | Luther |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈluːθə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,571 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Luther” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Luther is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈluːθə/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,571 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Luther, with forms such as "lluther", "ltuher", and "luhter". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Lutheran", "lute", "later", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From German Luther. The correct English form is Luther, spelled L-U-T-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Martin Luther, German monk and theologian whose teaching inspired the Reformation.
- 2A male given name transferred from the surname, originally in honor of Martin Luther.
- 3A surname from German of English speakers who descend from German immigrants.
- 4A city and town in Iowa.
- 5A village in Michigan.
- 6An unincorporated community in Montana.
- 7A town in Oklahoma.
Etymology
From German Luther.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lluther,ltuher,luhter,lutehr,lutherr,luthher,luthre,lutther,ulther
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Luther - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Luther”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-U-T-H-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈluːθə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Lutheran” - see the side-by-side comparison. Luther vs Lutheran
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.