# luxury

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/ · frequency rank #3,959

## Definitions
1. Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings; the state of being that they create.
2. Something desirable but expensive and that one can live without.
3. Something that is pleasant and desirable but not necessary in life (whether expensive or not).
4. Lustfulness; sexual desire or attraction.
5. Copulation; the act or action of sex.

## Etymology
From Middle English luxurie, from Old French luxurie, from Latin luxuria (“rankness, luxury”), from luxus (“extravagance, luxury”).

## Easily confused with
- **Luxor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luxor-vs-luxury)

## Common misspellings (9)
`lluxury`, `luuxry`, `luxruy`, `luxurry`, `luxuryy`, `luxuyr`, `luxxury`, `lxuury`, `ulxury`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/luxury