Luca

\ly.ka\

/\ly.ka\/ name

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The verdict

“Luca” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,935. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,935
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin, équivalant à Luc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-luca · Luca · French

Luca · rank #16,935 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,935
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH logos

Nearest frequency peer: logos (-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 « Luca »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Luca » 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).

Luca vs lui
25% similar
Luca vs lus
25% similar
Luca vs lue
25% similar

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

Key facts for Luca
PropertyValue
HeadwordLuca
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ly.ka\
Letters4
Frequency rank#16,935
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Luca »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Lucase 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 « logos » (#16,934), « lèvent » (#16,936), « livrées » (#16,933). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Luca » est au #16,935. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around Luca (IPA \ly.ka\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #16,935 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin, équivalant à Luc.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Luca, with forms such as "lcua", "lluca", and "luac". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lui", "lus", "lue", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Luca, spelled L-U-C-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin, équivalant à Luc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’écurie VR46 [aussi motorisée par le constructeur italien], avec Luca Marini et Marco Bezzecchi, gère très bien son sujet.
  2. Avec : Véronique Boutonnet, Olivier Deville, Stéphane Daurat, Luca Lomazzi.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lcua
  • lluca
  • luac
  • lucca
  • ulca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Luca - 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.

lcua2lluca1luac2lucca1ulca2
Edit distance from "Luca"

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 "Luca"?
"Luca" is spelled L-U-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ly.ka\.
What does "Luca" mean?
As a proper noun, "Luca" means: Prénom masculin, équivalant à Luc.
What words are commonly confused with "Luca"?
"Luca" is commonly confused with "lui", "lus", "lue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Luca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Luca" is \ly.ka\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Luca" come from?
"Luca" 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 "Luca", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

legs#16,929lard#16,928jung#16,925Mick#16,945

Similar misspelling depth

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

mona5 variantsinto5 variantsindo5 variantsvielle5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list