luque

noun

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The verdict

“luque” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,308 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,308
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - olhada

Corpus desk

Index PT-luque · luque · Portuguese

luque · rank #64,308 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,308
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH macular

Nearest frequency peer: macular (+4 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “luque”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “luque” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for luque
PropertyValue
Headwordluque
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#64,308
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “luque” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.luquecai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “macular” (#64,312), “manifestamente” (#64,320), “marital” (#64,324). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “luque” fica em #64,308. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

luque is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,308 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "olhada".

No generated misspelling entries exist for luque in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is luque, spelled L-U-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    olhada

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Os jogos: reunião de contos
  2. nada de luque nas suas coisas.

Synonyms

bizuconferida

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "luque"?
"luque" is spelled L-U-Q-U-E.
What does "luque" mean?
As a noun, "luque" means: olhada
What language does "luque" come from?
"luque" is a Portuguese 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 Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Irecê#64,267spend#64,503burgo#64,657fudge#64,816

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list