luger
\ly.ʒe\
The verdict
“luger” is uncommon French (frequency #71,678 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,678
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire de la luge ; faire des glissades.
Corpus desk
Index FR-luger · luger · French
luger · rank #71,678 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,678
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Louvres
Nearest frequency peer: Louvres (-2 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 « luger »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lorraines
lorraines
28,327 corpus weight
- louage
louage
28,326 corpus weight
- Louvres
Louvres
28,325 corpus weight
- luger
luger
28,323 corpus weight
- malencontre…
malencontreuse
28,320 corpus weight
- mammographie
mammographie
28,319 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « luger » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | luger |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ly.ʒe\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #71,678 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « luger » en français
Rare enough to double-check
luger is uncommon French at frequency #71,678 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ly.ʒe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
luger doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is luger, spelled L-U-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire de la luge ; faire des glissades.
- 2Se planter (se tromper, ou rater un examen, une élection…).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how luger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On avait établi, dans toutes les rues en pente avoisinant l’école, de superbes glissades. […]. Mais la plus belle était celle de devant la cour où, selon une coutume immémoriale, on allait « luger » à toutes les sorties.
Tout semblait en sommeil, mais, dès qu'on avait franchi le grand pont qui sépare la station touristique du vieil Argentières, la vie se manifestait : des gosses lugeaient dans les ruelles, des hommes conduisaient de lourds traîneaux […].
This word in other languages
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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