lunch

\lœntʃ\

/\lœntʃ\/ noun

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The verdict

“lunch” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,083. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,083
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Repas servi à ses invités sous forme de buffet, collation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lunch · lunch · French

lunch · rank #26,083 · 8 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,083
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lopes

Nearest frequency peer: lopes (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « lunch »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « lunch » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

lunch vs lune
60% similar
lunch vs lund
60% similar
lunch vs luth
60% similar

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

Key facts for lunch
PropertyValue
Headwordlunch
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lœntʃ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#26,083
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lunch »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).lunchse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « lopes » (#26,082), « Léman » (#26,084), « Lombardie » (#26,081). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lunch » est au #26,083. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around lunch (IPA \lœntʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,083 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for lunch, with forms such as "llunch", "lnuch", and "lucnh". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "lune", "lund", "luth", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is lunch, spelled L-U-N-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Repas servi à ses invités sous forme de buffet, collation.
  2. 2
    Repas du midi, déjeuner en France, dîner au Canada, en Belgique et en Suisse romande.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle a prévu un lunch pour sa réception.
  2. Elle courait les mariages, les enterrements […], les thés, les lunches, les ventes de charité.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • llunch
  • lnuch
  • lucnh
  • luncch
  • lunchh
  • lunhc
  • lunnch
  • ulnch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lunch - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

llunch1lnuch2lucnh2luncch1lunchh1lunhc2lunnch1ulnch2
Edit distance from "lunch"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lunch"?
"lunch" is spelled L-U-N-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is \lœntʃ\.
What does "lunch" mean?
As a noun, "lunch" means: Repas servi à ses invités sous forme de buffet, collation.
What words are commonly confused with "lunch"?
"lunch" is commonly confused with "lune", "lund", "luth". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lunch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lunch" is \lœntʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lunch" come from?
"lunch" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Léman#26,084lopes#26,082menez#26,090Kathy#26,074

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Malawi8 variantsLesage8 variantskabila8 variantsjouées8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list