lutz
/lʌts/noun
lutz is spelled L-U-T-Z: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lutz means “A jump in which the skater takes off from the back outside edge of one skate, rotates counterclockwise and lands on the back outside edge of the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lutz is lutzes.
How many letters and syllables are in lutz?
| Letters | 4: L-U-T-Z |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,649th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is lutz?
Lutz appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce lutz?
- /lʌts/
- /lʊts/
Lutz has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-lutz.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of lutz
- lutzes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lutz mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A jump in which the skater takes off from the back outside edge of one skate, rotates counterclockwise and lands on the back outside edge of the other skate.
- 2
A kind of marble (spherical toy) with bands of copper or goldstone flakes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lutz in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in figure skating, a type of jump:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lutz |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does lutz come from?
From the surname of Austrian skater Alois Lutz, who invented the jump.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).