Lucius

name

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The verdict

“Lucius” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,388. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,388
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille allemand.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lucius · Lucius · French

Lucius · rank #25,388 · 8 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,388
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lubrifiant

Nearest frequency peer: lubrifiant (-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 « Lucius »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Lucius » 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).

Lucius vs luis
50% similar
Lucius vs lupus
50% similar
Lucius vs lutins
50% similar

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

Key facts for Lucius
PropertyValue
HeadwordLucius
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,388
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Lucius »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Luciusse 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 « lubrifiant » (#25,387), « luxembourgeoise » (#25,389), « looks » (#25,386). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Lucius » est au #25,388. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Lucius, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #25,388 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille allemand.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lucius, with forms such as "lcuius", "llucius", and "luccius". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "luis", "lupus", "lutins", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Lucius, spelled L-U-C-I-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille allemand.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Eugen Lucius (1834)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lcuius
  • llucius
  • luccius
  • lucisu
  • luciuss
  • lucuis
  • luicus
  • ulcius

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

lcuius2llucius1luccius1lucisu2luciuss1lucuis2luicus2ulcius2
Edit distance from "Lucius"

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 "Lucius"?
"Lucius" is spelled L-U-C-I-U-S.
What does "Lucius" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lucius" means: Nom de famille allemand.
What words are commonly confused with "Lucius"?
"Lucius" is commonly confused with "luis", "lupus", "lutins". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Lucius" come from?
"Lucius" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

jugera#25,374jacent#25,372mother#25,404hélium#25,353

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

matisse8 variantsMyers8 variantsmûres8 variantsourson8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list