luxembourgeois

\lyk.sɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa\

/\lyk.sɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa\/ noun

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The verdict

“luxembourgeois” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,503. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,503
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
20
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langue germanique parlée au Luxembourg.

Corpus desk

Index FR-luxembourgeois · luxembourgeois · French

luxembourgeois · rank #14,503 · 20 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #14,503
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH loir

Nearest frequency peer: loir (-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 « luxembourgeois »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « luxembourgeois » 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).

luxembourgeois vs luxembourgeoise
93% similar

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

Key facts for luxembourgeois
PropertyValue
Headwordluxembourgeois
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lyk.sɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa\
Letters14
Frequency rank#14,503
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « luxembourgeois »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.luxembourgeoisse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « loir » (#14,502), « mag » (#14,504), « magistrature » (#14,505). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « luxembourgeois » est au #14,503. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around luxembourgeois (IPA \lyk.sɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,503 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Langue germanique parlée au Luxembourg.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for luxembourgeois, with forms such as "lluxembourgeois", "luexmbourgeois", and "luxebmourgeois". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "luxembourgeoise", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 luxembourgeois, spelled L-U-X-E-M-B-O-U-R-G-E-O-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Langue germanique parlée au Luxembourg.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le luxembourgeois a emprunté beaucoup de mots au français et à l’allemand.
  2. C’est même la grand-messe du dimanche à l'église Saint-Donat, désormais dite en portugais par le padre Renato, alors que la messe en luxembourgeois se tient le samedi.

This word in other languages

Luxembourgish(English)luxemburgués(Español)Luxemburgisch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lluxembourgeois
  • luexmbourgeois
  • luxebmourgeois
  • luxembbourgeois
  • luxemborugeois
  • luxembougreois
  • luxembouregois
  • luxembourgeios
  • luxembourgeoiss
  • luxembourgeosi
  • luxembourggeois
  • luxembourgoeis
  • luxembourrgeois
  • luxembuorgeois
  • luxemmbourgeois
  • luxemoburgeois
  • luxmebourgeois
  • luxxembourgeois
  • lxuembourgeois
  • ulxembourgeois

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of luxembourgeois - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

lluxembourgeois1luexmbourgeois2luxebmourgeois2luxembbourgeois1luxemborugeois2luxembougreois2luxembouregois2luxembourgeios2
Edit distance from "luxembourgeois"

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 "luxembourgeois"?
"luxembourgeois" is spelled L-U-X-E-M-B-O-U-R-G-E-O-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \lyk.sɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa\.
What does "luxembourgeois" mean?
As a noun, "luxembourgeois" means: Langue germanique parlée au Luxembourg.
What words are commonly confused with "luxembourgeois"?
"luxembourgeois" is commonly confused with "luxembourgeoise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "luxembourgeois"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "luxembourgeois" is \lyk.sɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "luxembourgeois" come from?
"luxembourgeois" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

interpellation#14,490représentaient#14,549ralentissement#14,343photographique#14,327

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

transforment20 variantsdécomposition20 variantsprécipitation20 variantsperturbations20 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list