luthier
/ˈluː.ti.ə/
"luthier" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“luthier” is uncommon English (frequency #84,477 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,477
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instruments, such as lutes, violins, and guitars.
Corpus desk
Index EN-luthier · luthier · English
luthier · rank #84,477 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,477
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 16,425
- PHOTO-FINISH Mable
Nearest frequency peer: Mable (+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 “luthier”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lota
lota
15,531 corpus weight
- Lucretius
Lucretius
15,527 corpus weight
- luthier
luthier
15,524 corpus weight
- Mable
Mable
15,523 corpus weight
- malabsorpti…
malabsorption
15,519 corpus weight
- mangy
mangy
15,517 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “luthier” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | luthier |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈluː.ti.ə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,477 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “luthier” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
luthier is uncommon English at frequency #84,477 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈluː.ti.ə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instruments, such as lutes, violins, and guitars.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for luthier, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French luthier, from luth (“lute”). The correct English form is luthier, spelled L-U-T-H-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instruments, such as lutes, violins, and guitars.
Etymology
Borrowed from French luthier, from luth (“lute”).
This word in other languages
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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.