lucarne

\ly.kaʁn\

/\ly.kaʁn\/ noun

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The verdict

“lucarne” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,993. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,993
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fenêtre pratiquée dans le toit ou dans le haut d’une maison.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lucarne · lucarne · French

lucarne · rank #21,993 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,993
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lieutenants

Nearest frequency peer: lieutenants (-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 « lucarne »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « lucarne » 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).

lucarne vs lucerne
86% similar
lucarne vs luzerne
71% similar
lucarne vs licorne
71% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lucarne »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « lieutenants » (#21,992), « luce » (#21,994), « leucémie » (#21,991). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lucarne » est au #21,993. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around lucarne (IPA \ly.kaʁn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,993 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 lucarne, spelled L-U-C-A-R-N-E.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Or, il faut savoir qu’il n’y avait pas, dans toute l’hôtellerie, une seule fenêtre qui donnât sur les champs, mais uniquement une lucarne de grenier par laquelle on jetait la paille dehors.
  2. Une toute jeune fille était debout dans la porte entrebâillée. La lucarne du galetas où le jour paraissait était précisément en face de la porte et éclairait cette figure d’une lumière blafarde.

This word in other languages

skylight(English)claraboya(Español)Lukarne(Deutsch)claraboia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lcuarne
  • llucarne
  • luacrne
  • lucanre
  • lucaren
  • lucarnne
  • lucarrne
  • luccarne
  • lucrane
  • ulcarne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lucarne - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

lcuarne2llucarne1luacrne2lucanre2lucaren2lucarnne1lucarrne1luccarne1
Edit distance from "lucarne"

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 "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?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

luttant#21,995lâchent#21,996laïques#21,989morbide#22,005

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

joyeuses10 variantsMorrison10 variantsMuhammad10 variantsHannibal10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list