lutrin
\ly.tʁɛ̃\
The verdict
“lutrin” is uncommon French (frequency #68,432 among 128,088 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,432
- frequency rank, French
- 128,088
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pupitre élevé dans le chœur d’une église, sur lequel on met les livres dont on se sert pour chanter l’office.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lutrin · lutrin · French
lutrin · rank #68,432 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,432
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 128,088
- PHOTO-FINISH Louvel
Nearest frequency peer: Louvel (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “lutrin”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lorgnette
lorgnette
31,572 corpus weight
- loua
loua
31,571 corpus weight
- Louvel
Louvel
31,570 corpus weight
- lutrin
lutrin
31,569 corpus weight
- léchant
léchant
31,567 corpus weight
- législatures
législatures
31,566 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lutrin” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lutrin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ly.tʁɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,432 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lutrin” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lutrin is uncommon French at frequency #68,432 among 128,088 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ly.tʁɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lutrin, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is lutrin, spelled L-U-T-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1Pupitre élevé dans le chœur d’une église, sur lequel on met les livres dont on se sert pour chanter l’office.
- 2Pupitre léger sur lequel le musicien ou le chef d’orchestre pose les partitions qu’il interprète.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.