luxe

\lyks\

/\lyks\/ noun

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The verdict

“luxe” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,834. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,834
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pratique sociale consistant à pratiquer des dépenses somptuaires et superflues, dans le but de s’entourer d’un raffinement fastueux ou par pur goût de l’ostentation, par opposition aux facteurs ne ...

Corpus desk

Index FR-luxe · luxe · French

luxe · rank #2,834 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,834
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH love

Nearest frequency peer: love (-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 « luxe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « luxe » 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).

luxe vs luz
50% similar
luxe vs lyre
50% similar
luxe vs Lyme
25% similar

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

Key facts for luxe
PropertyValue
Headwordluxe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lyks\
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,834
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « luxe »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).luxese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « love » (#2,833), « man » (#2,835), « leader » (#2,832). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « luxe » est au #2,834. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around luxe (IPA \lyks\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,834 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for luxe, with forms such as "lluxe", "luex", and "luxxe". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "luz", "lyre", "Lyme", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is luxe, spelled L-U-X-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pratique sociale consistant à pratiquer des dépenses somptuaires et superflues, dans le but de s’entourer d’un raffinement fastueux ou par pur goût de l’ostentation, par opposition aux facteurs ne relevant que de la stricte nécessité.
  2. 2
    Somptuosité dans le vêtement, la table, l’ameublement, etc.
  3. 3
    Ce qui pare, ce qui donne de l’élégance.
  4. 4
    Commerce et industrie des produits luxueux.
  5. 5
    Grande abondance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’or de la terre et les trésors de l’onde, Leurs habitants et les peuples de l’air, Tout sert au luxe, aux plaisirs de ce monde.
  2. La lampe éteinte, Félicité ne put dormir. Les yeux fermés, elle faisait de merveilleux châteaux en Espagne. Les vingt mille francs de rente dansaient devant elle, dans l’ombre, une danse diabolique. Elle habitait un bel appartement de la ville neuve, avait le luxe de M. Peirotte, donnait des soirées, éclaboussait de sa fortune la ville entière. Ce qui cha…

Synonyms

profusionsuperfluité

Antonyms

sobriété

This word in other languages

luxury(English)lujo(Español)Luxus(Deutsch)luxo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lluxe
  • luex
  • luxxe
  • lxue
  • ulxe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of luxe - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

lluxe1luex2luxxe1lxue2ulxe2
Edit distance from "luxe"

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 "luxe"?
"luxe" is spelled L-U-X-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lyks\.
What does "luxe" mean?
As a noun, "luxe" means: Pratique sociale consistant à pratiquer des dépenses somptuaires et superflues, dans le but de s’entourer d’un raffinement fastueux ou par pur goût de l’ostentation, par opposition aux facteurs ne ...
What words are commonly confused with "luxe"?
"luxe" is commonly confused with "luz", "lyre", "Lyme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "luxe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "luxe" is \lyks\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "luxe" come from?
"luxe" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

love#2,833foot#2,823prof#2,848show#2,852

Similar misspelling depth

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

abus5 variantstome5 variantsEric5 variantsLoire5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list