Lucques

\lyk\

/\lyk\/ name

The verdict

“Lucques” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,434. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,434
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune et ville de la région de Toscane en Italie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lucques · Lucques · French

Lucques · rank #47,434 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,434
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH LPO

Nearest frequency peer: LPO (-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 « Lucques »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Lucques » 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).

Lucques vs ludiques
63% similar
Lucques vs Lucius
71% similar
Lucques vs laïques
57% similar

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

Key facts for Lucques
PropertyValue
HeadwordLucques
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\lyk\
Letters7
Frequency rank#47,434
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Lucques »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Lucquesse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « LPO » (#47,433), « loo » (#47,432), « macadam » (#47,436). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Lucques » est au #47,434. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Lucques (IPA \lyk\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #47,434 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lucques, with forms such as "lcuques", "llucques", and "luccques". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "ludiques", "Lucius", "laïques", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Lucques, spelled L-U-C-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune et ville de la région de Toscane en Italie.
  2. 2
    Province autour de cette ville.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lcuques
  • llucques
  • luccques
  • lucqeus
  • lucqques
  • lucquess
  • lucquse
  • lucuqes
  • luqcues
  • ulcques

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

lcuques2llucques1luccques1lucqeus2lucqques1lucquess1lucquse2lucuqes2
Edit distance from "Lucques"

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 "Lucques"?
"Lucques" is spelled L-U-C-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \lyk\.
What does "Lucques" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lucques" means: Commune et ville de la région de Toscane en Italie.
What words are commonly confused with "Lucques"?
"Lucques" is commonly confused with "ludiques", "Lucius", "laïques". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Lucques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lucques" is \lyk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lucques" come from?
"Lucques" 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 "Lucques", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list