luck

\lʌk\

/\lʌk\/ noun

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The verdict

“luck” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,927. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,927
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-luck · luck · French

luck · rank #22,927 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,927
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH loyaux

Nearest frequency peer: loyaux (-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 « luck »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « luck » 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).

luck vs lui
50% similar
luck vs lus
50% similar
luck vs lue
50% similar

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

Key facts for luck
PropertyValue
Headwordluck
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lʌk\
Letters4
Frequency rank#22,927
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « luck »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).luckse 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 « loyaux » (#22,926), « législatifs » (#22,929), « lobe » (#22,924). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « luck » est au #22,927. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around luck (IPA \lʌk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,927 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Chance.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for luck, with forms such as "lcuk", "lluck", and "lucck". 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, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is luck, spelled L-U-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. “Good luck go with you, O Chief of the Wolves. And good luck and strong white teeth go with noble children that they may never forget the hungry in this world.”
  2. It's bad luck to walk under a ladder.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lcuk
  • lluck
  • lucck
  • luckk
  • lukc
  • ulck

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

lcuk2lluck1lucck1luckk1lukc2ulck2
Edit distance from "luck"

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 "luck"?
"luck" is spelled L-U-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is \lʌk\.
What does "luck" mean?
As a noun, "luck" means: Chance.
What words are commonly confused with "luck"?
"luck" 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 "luck"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "luck" is \lʌk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "luck" come from?
"luck" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

lobe#22,924many#22,933laon#22,919Maud#22,938

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

kart6 variantsmeure6 variantsmûre6 variantshibou6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list