Lucullus
The verdict
“Lucullus” is uncommon French (frequency #77,677 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,677
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Homme d'État et général romain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lucullus · Lucullus · French
Lucullus · rank #77,677 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,677
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lucho
Nearest frequency peer: lucho (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Lucullus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lorgner
lorgner
22,327 corpus weight
- lozano
lozano
22,326 corpus weight
- lucho
lucho
22,325 corpus weight
- Lucullus
Lucullus
22,324 corpus weight
- lurons
lurons
22,323 corpus weight
- lycra
lycra
22,321 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Lucullus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lucullus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,677 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Lucullus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Lucullus is uncommon French at frequency #77,677 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Homme d'État et général romain.".
Lucullus has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Lucullus, spelled L-U-C-U-L-L-U-S.
Definition
- 1Homme d'État et général romain.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lucullus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des ouvriers à ventres de Lucullus discutent sous les platanes sur l’importance de l’ordre dans la fin du monde.
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.
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