luire

\lɥiʁ\

/\lɥiʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“luire” is uncommon French (frequency #85,892 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,892
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Émettre de la lumière.

Corpus desk

Index FR-luire · luire · French

luire · rank #85,892 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,892
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lullaby

Nearest frequency peer: lullaby (+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 « luire »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « luire » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for luire
PropertyValue
Headwordluire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\lɥiʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#85,892
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « luire » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).luiretombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « lullaby » (#85,893), « Lupi » (#85,894), « Lætitia » (#85,895). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « luire » est au #85,892. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

luire is uncommon French at frequency #85,892 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \lɥiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for luire in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is luire, spelled L-U-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Émettre de la lumière.
  2. 2
    Émettre une douce lumière.
  3. 3
    Émettre une douce lumière.
  4. 4
    Jeter quelque éclat, réfléchir la lumière, en parlant des corps polis.
  5. 5
    Paraître comme un point lumineux dans l’esprit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le 16, le soleil luisait; mais, sur le soir, la bruine s'éleva.
  2. D'un côté se trouvait sa fenêtre ; la lumière vive du jour luisait à peine à travers les persiennes et les rideaux épais.

This word in other languages

shine(English)lucir(Español)leuchten(Deutsch)luzir(Português)

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 "luire"?
"luire" is spelled L-U-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lɥiʁ\.
What does "luire" mean?
As a verb, "luire" means: Émettre de la lumière.
How do you pronounce "luire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "luire" is \lɥiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Lhasa#85,873leeuw#85,869mazza#85,921mecum#85,924

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list