Loosening vs Lucency

No, these are not sound-alikes.  Here is the problem. 

Loosening (g.) or loosen (v)  means to loosen, to make loose, to make less tight, as in "loosen your belt after eating," or "After a hard day's work, he loosened his tie as he relaxed with his beer."

Lucency (n.) means illumination, lighting, to shine a light on.  It means clarity, transparency.  "My grandmother would roll the filo dough until it was translucent."

Here is the problem: When people do not spell correctly, there is a tendency to confuse one word for another, especially if those words are not commonly used.  Certainly, that is the case with lucency.  I am making this entry because I recently came across "he lucent his tie."  This does, indeed, sound like loosened, but the meaning is entirely different.  It is critical that our educational system concentrate its efforts on correct spelling, if for no other reason than to encourage correct communication.  The fact that schools have recently opted to allow "creative" spelling is abhorrent, and quite misguided.