Louxor

\luk.sɔʁ\

/\luk.sɔʁ\/ name

The verdict

“Louxor” is uncommon French (frequency #56,725 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,725
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville et gouvernorat égyptien située sur la rive droite du Nil, en Haute-Égypte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-louxor · Louxor · French

Louxor · rank #56,725 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,725
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lundy

Nearest frequency peer: lundy (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Louxor »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Louxor » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Louxor
PropertyValue
HeadwordLouxor
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\luk.sɔʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#56,725
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Louxor » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Louxortombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « lundy » (#56,726), « loquet » (#56,723), « luthérien » (#56,727). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Louxor » est au #56,725. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Louxor is uncommon French at frequency #56,725 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \luk.sɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville et gouvernorat égyptien située sur la rive droite du Nil, en Haute-Égypte.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Louxor in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Louxor, spelled L-O-U-X-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville et gouvernorat égyptien située sur la rive droite du Nil, en Haute-Égypte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les comédiens emmènent le visiteur à Louxor avec les malles-armoires qui prenaient place sur les bateaux à vapeur, ou encore dans les stations balnéaires huppées de la côte avec les malles-coffres des premières voitures.

This word in other languages

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 "Louxor"?
"Louxor" is spelled L-O-U-X-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is \luk.sɔʁ\.
What does "Louxor" mean?
As a proper noun, "Louxor" means: Ville et gouvernorat égyptien située sur la rive droite du Nil, en Haute-Égypte.
How do you pronounce "Louxor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Louxor" is \luk.sɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list