# luz

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #27,908

## Definitions
1. A small bone in the human spinal column, believed in Muslim and Jewish traditions to be the indestructible bone from which the body will be rebuilt at the time of resurrection.
2. The almond tree

## Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew לוּז (luz, “almond”).

## Easily confused with
- **LV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luz-vs-lv)
- **lx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luz-vs-lx)
- **LZ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luz-vs-lz)
- **lyn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luz-vs-lyn)
- **lye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luz-vs-lye)
- **Luzon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luz-vs-luzon)
- **l** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/l-vs-luz)
- **LA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/la-vs-luz)
- **le** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/le-vs-luz)
- **li** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/li-vs-luz)
- **Lt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lt-vs-luz)
- **lo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lo-vs-luz)
- **lb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lb-vs-luz)
- **LP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lp-vs-luz)
- **LN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ln-vs-luz)
- **Ls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ls-vs-luz)
- **lg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lg-vs-luz)
- **lu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lu-vs-luz)
- **LC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lc-vs-luz)
- **LF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lf-vs-luz)

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