Which to use
“Lukas” is a name and “luke” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,059
- “Lukas” frequency rank
- #8,732
- “luke” frequency rank
- 40791
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Lukas | luke |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Prénom masculin, correspondant à Luc. | Sans considération pour, sans tenir compte de. |
Letter map: Lukas vs luke
Shared letters muted; letters that set Lukas and luke apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Lukas runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against luke's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Lukas / luke
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Lukas is aname and lukeapreposition. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40791, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Lukas is recorded at frequency rank #32,059, classified as aname. luke is at rank #8,732, tagged as aprep, pronounced \ˈlukɛ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 40791, this pair ranks #237,871 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Lukas vs luke
Shared letters: klu. Private to "Lukas": as. Private to "luke": e.
"Lukas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "luke" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Lukas" for "luke" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Lukas" vs "luke" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "Lukas" vs "luke" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Lukas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "luke" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #237,871 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Lukas" and "luke" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lamas vs Lukas". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #237,871 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.