lupus
\ly.pys\
The verdict
“lupus” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,636. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,636
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lupus érythémateux (maladie auto-immune).
Corpus desk
Index FR-lupus · lupus · French
lupus · rank #28,636 · 7 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,636
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lunaires
Nearest frequency peer: lunaires (-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 « lupus »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Lorette
Lorette
71,368 corpus weight
- lunaires
lunaires
71,366 corpus weight
- lupus
lupus
71,365 corpus weight
- lyrics
lyrics
71,364 corpus weight
- légat
légat
71,363 corpus weight
- machette
machette
71,362 corpus weight
What this shows « lupus » 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 | lupus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ly.pys\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #28,636 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lupus »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around lupus (IPA \ly.pys\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,636 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for lupus, with forms such as "llupus", "lpuus", and "luppus". 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, "lus", "luis", "laps", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lupus, spelled L-U-P-U-S.
Definition
- 1Lupus érythémateux (maladie auto-immune).
- 2Lupus vulgaris (Ulcère tuberculeux)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lupus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En 2001, une équipe du CNRS découvre qu’un peptide (un fragment de protéine) pourrait soigner le lupus, pathologie frappant le système immunitaire.
Le lupus peut être considéré comme une tuberculose primitive, et par suite différer de la tuberculose secondaire de la peau.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- llupus
- lpuus
- luppus
- lupsu
- lupuss
- luups
- ulpus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lupus - 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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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