# Lua vs Luo

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Lua
*name · IPA /ˈluːə/ · frequency rank #42,247*
A lightweight programming language with dynamic typing.

### Luo
*noun · IPA /ˈluː.əʊ̯/ · frequency rank #32,905*
An ethnic group in southern Sudan, Kenya, and neighboring countries.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lua-vs-luo