Luco
[ˈluko]
The verdict
“Luco” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,450 among 17,327 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,450
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,327
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Apellido
Corpus desk
Index ES-luco · Luco · Spanish
Luco · rank #62,450 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,450
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,327
- PHOTO-FINISH lugartenientes
Nearest frequency peer: lugartenientes (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Luco”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Llerena
Llerena
37,557 corpus weight
- Llopis
Llopis
37,556 corpus weight
- Luco
Luco
37,551 corpus weight
- lugartenien…
lugartenientes
37,550 corpus weight
- mab
mab
37,547 corpus weight
- madam
madam
37,546 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Luco” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Luco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈluko] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #62,450 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Luco” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Luco is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,450 among 17,327 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈluko]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Apellido".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Luco, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Luco, spelled L-U-C-O.
Definition
- 1Apellido
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.
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 Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Luco", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 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.