loups

\lu\

/\lu\/ noun

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The verdict

“loups” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,972. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,972
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de loup.

Corpus desk

Index FR-loups · loups · French

loups · rank #6,972 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,972
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH ken

Nearest frequency peer: ken (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « loups »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « loups » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

loups vs lus
60% similar
loups vs luis
60% similar
loups vs lues
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for loups
PropertyValue
Headwordloups
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lu\
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,972
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « loups »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.loupsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ken » (#6,971), « lâché » (#6,973), « juridiction » (#6,970). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « loups » est au #6,972. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around loups (IPA \lu\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,972 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de loup.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for loups, with forms such as "lloups", "lopus", and "loupps". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lus", "luis", "lues", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is loups, spelled L-O-U-P-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de loup.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how loups appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Même si je goûte le Clair-obscur où se dissimule presque avec hauteur et sous le voile opaque des cryptogrammes, une vérité, nue pour ceux-là seuls qui voudront bien la déshabiller, même si Leone en marche nocturne, forcée par les loups de l’angoisse, désarpente à mon profit un monde trop clôturé, même si Opéra me chahute d’un écueil l’autre pour mieux re…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lloups
  • lopus
  • loupps
  • loupss
  • lousp
  • luops
  • olups

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of loups - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

lloups1lopus2loupps1loupss1lousp2luops2olups2
Edit distance from "loups"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "loups"?
"loups" is spelled L-O-U-P-S. The IPA pronunciation is \lu\.
What does "loups" mean?
As a noun, "loups" means: Pluriel de loup.
What words are commonly confused with "loups"?
"loups" is commonly confused with "lus", "luis", "lues". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "loups"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "loups" is \lu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "loups" come from?
"loups" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "loups", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lâché#6,973nobel#6,982power#6,987rires#6,995

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Marion7 variantscœurs7 variantscreux7 variantsCoran7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list