lustrer
\lys.tʁe\
The verdict
“lustrer” is uncommon French (frequency #95,019 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,019
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire briller une chose en lui donnant du lustre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lustrer · lustrer · French
lustrer · rank #95,019 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,019
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lumet
Nearest frequency peer: lumet (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « lustrer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- loute
loute
4,986 corpus weight
- Lucina
Lucina
4,984 corpus weight
- lumet
lumet
4,983 corpus weight
- lustrer
lustrer
4,982 corpus weight
- macronien
macronien
4,977 corpus weight
- macumba
macumba
4,976 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lustrer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lustrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \lys.tʁe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,019 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lustrer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lustrer is uncommon French at frequency #95,019 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \lys.tʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for lustrer in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is lustrer, spelled L-U-S-T-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire briller une chose en lui donnant du lustre.
- 2Recouvrir un aliment de beurre clarifié, d’huile, de gelée, ou de nappage, à l’aide d’un pinceau, pour lui donner un aspect brillant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lustrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les gourmandes et les bavardes se sont tues à son entrée. On la contemple, et les regards d’envie l’embellissent comme une pluie d’été lustre l’émail d’un martin-pêcheur.
Qu'il fût chez lui ou en voyage, par cinquante degrés à l'ombre ou par la pluie battante, Crosby restait le même, impeccable, le teint coloré, le poil blanc bien lustré, sans un grain de poussière sur ses vêtements...
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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