lugubres
\ly.ɡybʁ\
The verdict
“lugubres” is uncommon French (frequency #69,990 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,990
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de lugubre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lugubres · lugubres · French
lugubres · rank #69,990 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,990
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH looping
Nearest frequency peer: looping (-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 « lugubres »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- LNR
LNR
30,015 corpus weight
- lobster
lobster
30,014 corpus weight
- looping
looping
30,012 corpus weight
- lugubres
lugubres
30,011 corpus weight
- luron
luron
30,010 corpus weight
- lynchages
lynchages
30,009 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lugubres » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lugubres |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ly.ɡybʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,990 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lugubres » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lugubres is uncommon French at frequency #69,990 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ly.ɡybʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de lugubre.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lugubres, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is lugubres, spelled L-U-G-U-B-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de lugubre.
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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