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Which to use

“luna” and “lund” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#14,078
“luna” frequency rank
#36,036
“lund” frequency rank
50114
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature luna lund
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de luner. Première personne du singulier du prétérit de linden.

Where the eye mixes luna and lund

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
luna
4 ch
lund

Visual trap between luna and lund

A purely visual mix-up. luna (\ly.na\) and lund (\lʊnt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “luna” becomes d in “lund”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50114, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

luna is recorded at frequency rank #14,078, classified as averb, pronounced \ly.na\. lund is at rank #36,036, tagged as averb, pronounced \lʊnt\.

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 50114, this pair ranks #165,212 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of luna vs lund

Shared letters: lnu. Private to "luna": a. Private to "lund": d.

"luna" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "lund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lunalluna · lnua · luan · lunna · ulna
  • lundllund · lnud · ludn · lundd · lunnd · ulnd

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "luna" and "lund" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ly.na\ versus \lʊnt\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "luna" vs "lund" - which ranks higher?
"luna" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,078 in our French list, against #36,036 for "lund". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "luna" and "lund" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "luna" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lund" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #165,212 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "luna" and "lund" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lund vs lure". 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 #165,212 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list