lunettes

\ly.nɛt\

/\ly.nɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“lunettes” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,883. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,883
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble de deux verres de lunette placés au-devant des deux yeux et assemblés par une monture qui repose sur le nez et se fixe derrière les oreilles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lunettes · lunettes · French

lunettes · rank #2,883 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,883
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH invités

Nearest frequency peer: invités (-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 « lunettes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « lunettes » 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).

lunettes vs luttes
75% similar
lunettes vs lurette
75% similar
lunettes vs lunette
88% similar

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

Key facts for lunettes
PropertyValue
Headwordlunettes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ly.nɛt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,883
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lunettes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.lunettesse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « invités » (#2,882), « messieurs » (#2,884), « institution » (#2,881). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lunettes » est au #2,883. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around lunettes (IPA \ly.nɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,883 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for lunettes, with forms such as "llunettes", "lnuettes", and "luenttes". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "luttes", "lurette", "lunette", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lunettes, spelled L-U-N-E-T-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble de deux verres de lunette placés au-devant des deux yeux et assemblés par une monture qui repose sur le nez et se fixe derrière les oreilles.
  2. 2
    Pourtour des yeux d’un animal dont la coloration du pelage est différente à cet endroit.
  3. 3
    Manière de voir, de penser ou de juger des choses.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au lit, ils enlevaient leurs lunettes d’abord et leurs râteliers ensuite dans un verre et plaçaient le tout en évidence.
  2. Une expression matoise parcourut le visage de l’homme aux lunettes noires sans qu'il me fût possible d'en deviner la cause.

Synonyms

barniquesbesiclesbinoclesface-à-mainlorgnon👓

This word in other languages

glasses(English)gafas(Español)Brille(Deutsch)óculos(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • llunettes
  • lnuettes
  • luenttes
  • lunetes
  • lunetets
  • lunettess
  • lunettse
  • lunnettes
  • luntetes
  • ulnettes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lunettes - 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.

llunettes1lnuettes2luenttes2lunetes1lunetets2lunettess1lunettse2lunnettes1
Edit distance from "lunettes"

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 "lunettes"?
"lunettes" is spelled L-U-N-E-T-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ly.nɛt\.
What does "lunettes" mean?
As a noun, "lunettes" means: Ensemble de deux verres de lunette placés au-devant des deux yeux et assemblés par une monture qui repose sur le nez et se fixe derrière les oreilles.
What words are commonly confused with "lunettes"?
"lunettes" is commonly confused with "luttes", "lurette", "lunette". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lunettes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lunettes" is \ly.nɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lunettes" come from?
"lunettes" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

convient#2,869semblait#2,898Standard#2,900trouvait#2,901

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

paradis10 variantssondage10 variantscitoyen10 variantsdossiers10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list