luke

/\ˈlukɛ\/ prep

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,732

in French word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

luke is aFrenchprep. It means: Sans considération pour, sans tenir compte de. Pronounced \ˈlukɛ\. It ranks #8,732 in French word frequency. Often confused with lus and lux.

Key facts for luke
PropertyValue
Headwordluke
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPrep
IPA\ˈlukɛ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#8,732
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of luke in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for luke is 4 letters long, classified as aprep, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈlukɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,732 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for luke, with forms such as "lkue", "lluke", and "luek". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lus", "lux", "luz", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is luke, spelled L-U-K-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sans considération pour, sans tenir compte de.
  2. 2
    Sans considération pour, sans tenir compte de.
  3. 3
    Sans considération pour, sans tenir compte de.

Antonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lkue,lluke,luek,lukke,ulke

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for luke

Misspelling Variants of "luke"

lkue4lluke5luek4lukke5ulke4
Misspelling Variants of "luke"

Frequency rank: #8,732 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "luke"?
"luke" is spelled L-U-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈlukɛ\.
What does "luke" mean?
As a prep, "luke" means: Sans considération pour, sans tenir compte de.
What words are commonly confused with "luke"?
"luke" is commonly confused with "lus", "lux", "luz". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "luke"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "luke" is \ˈlukɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "luke" come from?
"luke" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.