luthiers
\ly.tje\
The verdict
“luthiers” is uncommon French (frequency #74,172 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,172
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de luthier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-luthiers · luthiers · French
luthiers · rank #74,172 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,172
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lutherie
Nearest frequency peer: lutherie (-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 « luthiers »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lourdingue
lourdingue
25,832 corpus weight
- Lupe
Lupe
25,831 corpus weight
- lutherie
lutherie
25,830 corpus weight
- luthiers
luthiers
25,829 corpus weight
- légaliste
légaliste
25,828 corpus weight
- madrigaux
madrigaux
25,827 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « luthiers » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | luthiers |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ly.tje\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,172 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « luthiers » en français
Rare enough to double-check
luthiers is uncommon French at frequency #74,172 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ly.tje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de luthier.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for luthiers, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is luthiers, spelled L-U-T-H-I-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de luthier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how luthiers appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avant le XVIᵉ siècle les ouvriers fabriquant des instruments de musique à Paris, luthiers et chaudronniers, étaient rattachés à la communauté des ménétriers et placés sous leur responsabilité.
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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