lucarne

/\ly.kaʁn\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,993

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

lucarne is aFrenchnoun. It means: Fenêtre pratiquée dans le toit ou dans le haut d’une maison. Pronounced \ly.kaʁn\. Often confused with lucerne and luzerne.

Key facts for lucarne
PropertyValue
Headwordlucarne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ly.kaʁn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,993
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of lucarne in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for lucarne is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ly.kaʁn\. Corpus data places it at rank #21,993 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for lucarne, with forms such as "lcuarne", "llucarne", and "luacrne". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "lucerne", "luzerne", "licorne", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is lucarne, spelled L-U-C-A-R-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fenêtre pratiquée dans le toit ou dans le haut d’une maison.
  2. 2
    Chacun des deux angles supérieurs que forment les poteaux des buts avec la barre transversale.
  3. 3
    But d’un gardien.
  4. 4
    Dans une vidéo, petite vidéo insérée dans un coin de l’image principale, pour avoir deux vues en même temps.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lcuarne,llucarne,luacrne,lucanre,lucaren,lucarnne,lucarrne,luccarne,lucrane,ulcarne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lucarne

Misspelling Variants of "lucarne"

lcuarne7llucarne8luacrne7lucanre7lucaren7lucarnne8lucarrne8luccarne8
Misspelling Variants of "lucarne"

Frequency rank: #21,993 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lucarne"?
"lucarne" is spelled L-U-C-A-R-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ly.kaʁn\.
What does "lucarne" mean?
As a noun, "lucarne" means: Fenêtre pratiquée dans le toit ou dans le haut d’une maison.
What words are commonly confused with "lucarne"?
"lucarne" is commonly confused with "lucerne", "luzerne", "licorne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lucarne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lucarne" is \ly.kaʁn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lucarne" come from?
"lucarne" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.