lune
\lyn\
The verdict
“lune” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #2,045 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,045
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Satellite naturel de la Terre, qui tourne autour de celle-ci en un cycle de vingt-sept jours sept heures quarante-trois minutes. Le satellite réfléchit sur la Terre la lumière qu’il reçoit du Solei...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lune |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lyn\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #2,045 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lune” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for lune is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lyn\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,045 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for lune, with forms such as "llune", "lnue", and "luen". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lus", "lux", "luz", 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is lune, spelled L-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1Satellite naturel de la Terre, qui tourne autour de celle-ci en un cycle de vingt-sept jours sept heures quarante-trois minutes. Le satellite réfléchit sur la Terre la lumière qu’il reçoit du Soleil. Lune s’écrit avec une majuscule en astronomie lorsqu'on s'en sert comme nom propre de cet astre, pour le distinguer des autres satellites naturels.
- 2Chacune des phases du cycle lunaire.
- 3Lunaison, durée d’un cycle lunaire, temps séparant deux nouvelles lunes.
- 4Satellite naturel d’une planète.
- 5Fesses.
- 6Meuble représentant l’astre du même nom dans les armoiries. Comme le soleil, elle est figurée, c’est-à-dire qu’un visage (yeux, nez, bouche) est représenté. Elle peut être représentée de deux manières :
- 7Meuble représentant l’astre du même nom dans les armoiries. Comme le soleil, elle est figurée, c’est-à-dire qu’un visage (yeux, nez, bouche) est représenté. Elle peut être représentée de deux manières :
- 8Meuble représentant l’astre du même nom dans les armoiries. Comme le soleil, elle est figurée, c’est-à-dire qu’un visage (yeux, nez, bouche) est représenté. Elle peut être représentée de deux manières :
- 9Caprice, fantaisie, folie.
- 10Dix-huitième atout du tarot de Marseille.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: llune,lnue,luen,lunne,ulne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lune - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “lune”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-U-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \lyn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “lus” - see the side-by-side comparison. lune vs lus
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.