lunes
\lyn\
The verdict
“lunes” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,381. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,381
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de lune (utilisé dans le sens de satellite naturel).
Corpus desk
Index FR-lunes · lunes · French
lunes · rank #21,381 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,381
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH locomotives
Nearest frequency peer: locomotives (-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 « lunes »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- litière
litière
78,623 corpus weight
- localisée
localisée
78,622 corpus weight
- locomotives
locomotives
78,621 corpus weight
- lunes
lunes
78,620 corpus weight
- mages
mages
78,619 corpus weight
- majestueux
majestueux
78,618 corpus weight
What this shows « lunes » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | lunes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lyn\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #21,381 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lunes »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around lunes (IPA \lyn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,381 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de lune (utilisé dans le sens de satellite naturel).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for lunes, with forms such as "llunes", "lnues", and "luens". 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", "luxe", "Lyne", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is lunes, spelled L-U-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de lune (utilisé dans le sens de satellite naturel).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lunes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jupiter, qui se lève vers 9 heures du soir, est maintenant activement télescopisé par les amateurs, qui ne se lassent point de voir ses quatre lunes offrir des aspects aussi changeants que doit le faire notre lune pour les observateurs de notre terre postés sur les autres planètes.
[…] ; des corégones rouges semblaient faucher les flots avec leur pectorale tranchante, et des sélènes argentées, dignes de leur nom, se levaient sur l’horizon des eaux comme autant de lunes aux reflets blanchâtres.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- llunes
- lnues
- luens
- luness
- lunnes
- lunse
- ulnes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lunes - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).