lueur

\lɥœʁ\

/\lɥœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“lueur” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,724. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,724
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lumière faible ou affaiblie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lueur · lueur · French

lueur · rank #14,724 · 6 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,724
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lucky

Nearest frequency peer: lucky (-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 « lueur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « lueur » 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).

lueur vs lulu
60% similar
lueur vs lupus
60% similar
lueur vs luxure
67% similar

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

Key facts for lueur
PropertyValue
Headwordlueur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lɥœʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#14,724
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lueur »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.lueurse 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 « lucky » (#14,723), « mangeant » (#14,725), « LREM » (#14,722). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lueur » est au #14,724. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around lueur (IPA \lɥœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,724 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for lueur, with forms such as "leuur", "llueur", and "lueru". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "lulu", "lupus", "luxure", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lueur, spelled L-U-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lumière faible ou affaiblie.
  2. 2
    Légère apparence.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au jour tombant, il […] prenait un repas frugal à la clarté de la lune, ou à la lueur des étoiles.
  2. Le jour venait. […]. Les pailles, dont les couches épaisses recouvraient entièrement le sol de la cour, se doraient peu à peu d'un jaune pâle sous la lueur grandissante du crépuscule.

This word in other languages

glow(English)destello(Español)Schein(Deutsch)centelha(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • leuur
  • llueur
  • lueru
  • lueurr
  • luuer
  • uleur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lueur - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

leuur2llueur1lueru2lueurr1luuer2uleur2
Edit distance from "lueur"

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 "lueur"?
"lueur" is spelled L-U-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \lɥœʁ\.
What does "lueur" mean?
As a noun, "lueur" means: Lumière faible ou affaiblie.
What words are commonly confused with "lueur"?
"lueur" is commonly confused with "lulu", "lupus", "luxure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lueur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lueur" is \lɥœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lueur" come from?
"lueur" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

lucky#14,723Kenny#14,718mason#14,730matos#14,731

Similar misspelling depth

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

LREM6 variantshart6 variantsrasé6 variantsruelle6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list