luminescence
\ly.mi.ne.sɑ̃s\
The verdict
“luminescence” is uncommon French (frequency #80,387 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,387
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Émission de lumière par un corps non chauffé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-luminescence · luminescence · French
luminescence · rank #80,387 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,387
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH ludi
Nearest frequency peer: ludi (-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 « luminescence »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- longerons
longerons
19,619 corpus weight
- lova
lova
19,617 corpus weight
- luci
luci
19,616 corpus weight
- ludi
ludi
19,615 corpus weight
- luminescence
luminescence
19,614 corpus weight
- Lutetia
Lutetia
19,612 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « luminescence » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | luminescence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ly.mi.ne.sɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #80,387 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « luminescence » en français
Rare enough to double-check
luminescence is uncommon French at frequency #80,387 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ly.mi.ne.sɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Émission de lumière par un corps non chauffé.".
Zero misspellings are on record for luminescence in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is luminescence, spelled L-U-M-I-N-E-S-C-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Émission de lumière par un corps non chauffé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how luminescence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On admet que cette luminescence visible résulte de plusieurs phénomènes.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).