lundvsluxTell them apart

Quick tell: lund is a verb, lux is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“lund” is a verb and “lux” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,036
“lund” frequency rank
#18,246
“lux” frequency rank
54282
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lund lux
Definition Première personne du singulier du prétérit de linden. Unité de mesure d’éclairement lumineux du Système international, définie comme lumen par mètre carré, dont le symbole est lx.

Where the eye mixes lund and lux

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
lund
3 ch
lux

Visual trap between lund and lux

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lund is \lʊnt\ while lux is \lyks\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54282, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lund is recorded at frequency rank #36,036, classified as averb, pronounced \lʊnt\. lux is at rank #18,246, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lyks\.

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 54282, this pair ranks #135,072 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of lund vs lux

Shared letters: lu. Private to "lund": dn. Private to "lux": x.

"lund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "lux" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lundllund · lnud · ludn · lundd · lunnd · ulnd

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lund" for "lux" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lund" is a verb and "lux" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "lund" or "lux"?
"lux" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,246 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "lund" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lux" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #135,072 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lund" and "lux" 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 #135,072 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