lumière

\ly.mjɛʁ\

/\ly.mjɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“lumière” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #967. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#967
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Radiation électromagnétique qui peut produire une sensation visuelle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lumiere · lumière · French

lumière · rank #967 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #967
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH huit

Nearest frequency peer: huit (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “lumière”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “lumière” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

lumière vs lumières
88% similar
lumière vs litière
71% similar
lumière vs lisière
71% similar

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

Key facts for lumière
PropertyValue
Headwordlumière
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ly.mjɛʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#967
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “lumière” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).lumière lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around lumière (IPA \ly.mjɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #967 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 21 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for lumière, with forms such as "llumière", "lmuière", and "luimère". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "lumières", "litière", "lisière", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lumière, spelled L-U-M-I-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Radiation électromagnétique qui peut produire une sensation visuelle.
  2. 2
    Radiation électromagnétique qui peut produire une sensation visuelle.
  3. 3
    Ce qui éclaire et qui rend les objets visibles.
  4. 4
    Ce qui sert à éclairer.
  5. 5
    Effets de la lumière imités dans un tableau.
  6. 6
    Ouverture.
  7. 7
    Ouverture.
  8. 8
    Ouverture.
  9. 9
    Ouverture.
  10. 10
    Creusement réalisé dans une pièce de bois pour que la tête d'un boulon, ou un écrou ne fasse pas saillie à la surface du bois.
  11. 11
    Ouverture par laquelle le vent entre dans un tuyau.
  12. 12
    Publicité ; visibilité ; présence dans les médias.
  13. 13
    Intelligence, clarté d’esprit
  14. 14
    Savoir, connaissances, tout ce qui éclaire et guide l’esprit.
  15. 15
    Éclaircissement ou indice sur une affaire ou sur un sujet.
  16. 16
    Homme d’un rare savoir, d’un mérite transcendant.
  17. 17
    Synonyme de lumen.
  18. 18
    Tout ce qui sert à éclairer, comme une lampe, un plafonnier, une lampe de poche, etc.
  19. 19
    Feu de circulation, souvent utilisé au pluriel.
  20. 20
    Phare d’un véhicule, utilisé au pluriel.
  21. 21
    Goût de lumière, altération du goût des vins, en particulier mousseux, ou de la bière, à cause d’une trop longue exposition à la lumière.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette diffusion est d'autant plus grande que la lumière incidente est plus réfrangible. En lumière blanche, la lumière diffusée sera donc bleuâtre, ce qui est, en effet, le cas.
  2. La lumière enfin, le plus rapide de tous les mouvements, bondit de la Lune à la Terre en 1 seconde 1/4.

Antonyms

obscuritéténèbre

This word in other languages

light(English)luz(Español)Licht(Deutsch)luz(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • llumière
  • lmuière
  • luimère
  • lumiere
  • lumirèe
  • lumièer
  • lumièrre
  • lummière
  • lumèire
  • ulmière

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lumière - 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.

llumière1lmuière2luimère2lumiere1lumirèe2lumièer2lumièrre1lummière1
Edit distance from "lumière"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lumière"?
"lumière" is spelled L-U-M-I-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ly.mjɛʁ\.
What does "lumière" mean?
As a noun, "lumière" means: Radiation électromagnétique qui peut produire une sensation visuelle.
What words are commonly confused with "lumière"?
"lumière" is commonly confused with "lumières", "litière", "lisière". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lumière"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lumière" is \ly.mjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lumière" come from?
"lumière" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

commerce10 variantsmontrer10 variantspetites10 variantsgroupes10 variants

What to do next

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  • "lumière" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "lumières". View pair
  • 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #967 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "L" letter cohort. L–Z browse

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list