Luçon

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The verdict

“Luçon” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,360. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,360
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Vendée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lucon · Luçon · French

Luçon · rank #40,360 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,360
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH luttait

Nearest frequency peer: luttait (-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 « Luçon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Luçon » 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).

Luçon vs Lun
60% similar
Luçon vs Lyon
60% similar
Luçon vs Lucy
40% similar

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

Key facts for Luçon
PropertyValue
HeadwordLuçon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#40,360
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Luçon »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Luçonse 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 « luttait » (#40,359), « Lybie » (#40,361), « lut » (#40,358). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Luçon » est au #40,360. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Luçon, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #40,360 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Luçon, with forms such as "lluçon", "lucon", and "luoçn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Lun", "Lyon", "Lucy", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Luçon, spelled L-U-Ç-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Vendée.
  2. 2
    Canton français, situé dans le département de la Vendée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Marie de Médicis, les Concini et l’évêque de Luçon.
  2. Outre l’incognito et, sur le visage, la totale absence d’émotivité d’un joueur de poker qu’il s’astreignait à garder en toute occurrence, le khâgneux Guyonnet donc, natif de Luçon (Vendée), avait une autre marotte : l’américain.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lluçon
  • lucon
  • luoçn
  • luçno
  • luçonn
  • lçuon
  • ulçon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

lluçon1lucon1luoçn2luçno2luçonn1lçuon2ulçon2
Edit distance from "Luçon"

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 "Luçon"?
"Luçon" is spelled L-U-Ç-O-N.
What does "Luçon" mean?
As a proper noun, "Luçon" means: Commune française, située dans le département de la Vendée.
What words are commonly confused with "Luçon"?
"Luçon" is commonly confused with "Lun", "Lyon", "Lucy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Luçon" come from?
"Luçon" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Lybie#40,361lamas#40,346koala#40,344moite#40,376

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

mamies7 variantsKessel7 variantsmundi7 variantsniaise7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list