lunar
\luˈnaːɐ̯\
The verdict
“lunar” is uncommon French (frequency #66,084 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,084
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lunaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lunar · lunar · French
lunar · rank #66,084 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,084
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Ludovico
Nearest frequency peer: Ludovico (-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 « lunar »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Loukachenko
Loukachenko
33,920 corpus weight
- LPM
LPM
33,919 corpus weight
- Ludovico
Ludovico
33,918 corpus weight
- lunar
lunar
33,917 corpus weight
- Lupita
Lupita
33,916 corpus weight
- lyn
lyn
33,915 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lunar » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lunar |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \luˈnaːɐ̯\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,084 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lunar » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lunar is uncommon French at frequency #66,084 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \luˈnaːɐ̯\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lunaire.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lunar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is lunar, spelled L-U-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1Lunaire.
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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