luter

\lyte\

/\lyte\/ verb

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The verdict

“luter” is uncommon French (frequency #99,315 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,315
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fermer avec du lut ; enduire de lut les récipients qu’on met au feu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-luter · luter · French

luter · rank #99,315 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,315
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lusophones

Nearest frequency peer: lusophones (-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 « luter »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « luter » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for luter
PropertyValue
Headwordluter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\lyte\
Letters5
Frequency rank#99,315
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « luter » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.lutertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « lusophones » (#99,314), « Lunebourg » (#99,312), « magrets » (#99,318). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « luter » est au #99,315. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

luter is uncommon French at frequency #99,315 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \lyte\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

luter doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is luter, spelled L-U-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fermer avec du lut ; enduire de lut les récipients qu’on met au feu.
  2. 2
    Sceller un couvercle avec un mélange de farine et d’eau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le calorifère consiste en un fourneau cylindrique […]. Les quatre pièces dont il se compose sont assemblées à emboîtement et lutées avec soin, pour empêcher le mélange des gaz de la combustion avec l’air envoyé dans les salles.
  2. En même temps l’aérage de cette galerie se faisait mal : on avait, à mesure qu’on avançait, placé des tuyaux en fer-blanc dont les joints étaient lutés avec de la terre glaise, mais bien qu’un puissant ventilateur à bras envoyât de l’air dans ces tuyaux, les lampes ne brûlaient que devant l’orifice du tuyau.

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 "luter"?
"luter" is spelled L-U-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \lyte\.
What does "luter" mean?
As a verb, "luter" means: Fermer avec du lut ; enduire de lut les récipients qu’on met au feu.
How do you pronounce "luter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "luter" is \lyte\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "luter" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lugar#99,310loche#99,300lider#99,288maule#99,343

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list