luctueux
\lyk.tɥø\
The verdict
“luctueux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui inspire ou conçoit un sentiment de tristesse funèbre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-luctueux · luctueux · French
luctueux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | luctueux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \lyk.tɥø\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
luctueux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \lyk.tɥø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for luctueux in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is luctueux, spelled L-U-C-T-U-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui inspire ou conçoit un sentiment de tristesse funèbre.
- 2Caractérise une respiration dont la phase d'expiration est constituée de gémissements.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how luctueux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Reginald, à ces panégyriques de Cléopâtre, comme un enfant docile qu'on catéchise, ne répondait que par de brèves interjections approbatives; mais en rosée lénifiante les paroles de sa belle-sœur tombaient sur son coeur luctueux.
Durtal avait suivi les incomparables offices de ces jours luctueux, de ces minutes noires, écouté la douleur infinie de la Passion.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.