Lucca
\ˈluk.ka\
The verdict
“Lucca” is uncommon French (frequency #70,803 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,803
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lucques, commune et ville de la région de Toscane en Italie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lucca · Lucca · French
Lucca · rank #70,803 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,803
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lotta
Nearest frequency peer: lotta (-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 « Lucca »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- livrable
livrable
29,202 corpus weight
- logeuse
logeuse
29,201 corpus weight
- lolilol
lolilol
29,200 corpus weight
- lotta
lotta
29,199 corpus weight
- Lucca
Lucca
29,198 corpus weight
- léontine
léontine
29,196 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Lucca » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lucca |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ˈluk.ka\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #70,803 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Lucca » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Lucca is uncommon French at frequency #70,803 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˈluk.ka\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Lucca doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Lucca, spelled L-U-C-C-A.
Definition
- 1Lucques, commune et ville de la région de Toscane en Italie.
- 2province autour de cette ville.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lucca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La città di Lucca è divisa in tre parti, delle quali l'una è nominata da S. Manine, l'altra da S. Paolino, e la terza da S. Salvadore.
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.
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