Lucano
/luˈka.no/
The verdict
“Lucano” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,962 among 2,069 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,962
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Lucas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-lucano · Lucano · Spanish
Lucano · rank #86,962 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,962
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH luciría
Nearest frequency peer: luciría (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “Lucano”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- localizando
localizando
13,044 corpus weight
- Lomé
Lomé
13,042 corpus weight
- loor
loor
13,041 corpus weight
- Lucano
Lucano
13,039 corpus weight
- luciría
luciría
13,038 corpus weight
- lujosamente
lujosamente
13,037 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Lucano” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lucano |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /luˈka.no/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #86,962 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Lucano” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Lucano is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,962 among 2,069 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /luˈka.no/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Lucas.".
Lucano doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is Lucano, spelled L-U-C-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Lucas.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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