Lutz

name

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The verdict

“Lutz” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,477. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,477
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille allemand.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lutz · Lutz · French

Lutz · rank #36,477 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,477
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH luth

Nearest frequency peer: luth (-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 « Lutz »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Lutz » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Lutz vs lux
25% similar
Lutz vs luz
50% similar
Lutz vs luxe
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Lutz
PropertyValue
HeadwordLutz
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters4
Frequency rank#36,477
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Lutz »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Lutzse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « luth » (#36,476), « machination » (#36,479), « lotte » (#36,474). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Lutz » est au #36,477. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Lutz, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #36,477 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille allemand.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lutz, with forms such as "llutz", "ltuz", and "luttz". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lux", "luz", "luxe", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Lutz, spelled L-U-T-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille allemand.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ils sont mignons comme tout, Golshifteh Farahani et Alex Lutz dans Une comédie romantique.
  2. Avant les Lebrun, les sœurs Lutz se sont également affrontées.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • llutz
  • ltuz
  • luttz
  • lutzz
  • luzt
  • ultz

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lutz - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

llutz1ltuz2luttz1lutzz1luzt2ultz2
Edit distance from "Lutz"

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 "Lutz"?
"Lutz" is spelled L-U-T-Z.
What does "Lutz" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lutz" means: Nom de famille allemand.
What words are commonly confused with "Lutz"?
"Lutz" is commonly confused with "lux", "luz", "luxe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Lutz" come from?
"Lutz" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

luth#36,476mask#36,486Juno#36,456nude#36,514

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

kiffé6 variantsinuit6 variantshomes6 variantsFouad6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list