lubie

\ly.bi\

/\ly.bi\/ noun

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The verdict

“lubie” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,445. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,445
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fantaisie soudaine ; caprice extravagant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lubie · lubie · French

lubie · rank #42,445 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,445
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Luberon

Nearest frequency peer: Luberon (-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 « lubie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « lubie » 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).

lubie vs lui
60% similar
lubie vs lue
60% similar
lubie vs lune
60% similar

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

Key facts for lubie
PropertyValue
Headwordlubie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ly.bi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#42,445
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lubie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.lubiese 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 « Luberon » (#42,444), « luxuriante » (#42,446), « lâcherai » (#42,447). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lubie » est au #42,445. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around lubie (IPA \ly.bi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,445 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Fantaisie soudaine ; caprice extravagant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for lubie, with forms such as "lbuie", "llubie", and "lubbie". 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, "lui", "lue", "lune", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is lubie, spelled L-U-B-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fantaisie soudaine ; caprice extravagant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Lorenzo.– Il paraît qu’il ne peut se guérir de cette singulière lubie d’ouvrir sa bourse à toutes ces viles créatures qu’on nomme bannis, et que ces meurt-de-faim se réunissent chez lui tous les jours, avant de mettre leurs souliers et de prendre leurs bâtons.
  2. Je la crois un peu folle et son projet d'hôpital pour les phtisiques est une lubie qui lui aura passé par la cervelle.

Synonyms

capricefantaisiefoliemaniesuperstitiontoquade

This word in other languages

whim(English)manía(Español)Manie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lbuie
  • llubie
  • lubbie
  • lubei
  • luibe
  • ulbie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lubie - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

lbuie2llubie1lubbie1lubei2luibe2ulbie2
Edit distance from "lubie"

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 "lubie"?
"lubie" is spelled L-U-B-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ly.bi\.
What does "lubie" mean?
As a noun, "lubie" means: Fantaisie soudaine ; caprice extravagant.
What words are commonly confused with "lubie"?
"lubie" is commonly confused with "lui", "lue", "lune". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lubie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lubie" is \ly.bi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lubie" come from?
"lubie" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Louie#42,442loins#42,440locus#42,439Marcq#42,452

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Livia6 variantsliasses6 variantsonces6 variantsonyx6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list