lumière

/\ly.mjɛʁ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#967

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

lumière is aFrenchnoun. It means: Radiation électromagnétique qui peut produire une sensation visuelle. Pronounced \ly.mjɛʁ\. It ranks #967 in French word frequency. Often confused with lumières and litière.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for lumière is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ly.mjɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #967 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 21 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for lumière, with forms such as "llumière", "lmuière", and "luimère". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "lumières", "litière", "lisière", 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 lumière, spelled L-U-M-I-È-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: llumière,lmuière,luimère,lumiere,lumirèe,lumièer,lumièrre,lummière,lumèire,ulmière

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lumière

Misspelling Variants of "lumière"

llumière8lmuière7luimère7lumiere7lumirèe7lumièer7lumièrre8lummière8
Misspelling Variants of "lumière"

Frequency rank: #967 in French

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?
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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.