# Luis vs lute

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Luis
*name · IPA /luˈiːs/ · frequency rank #7,247*
A male given name from Spanish.

### lute
*noun · IPA /l(j)uːt/ · frequency rank #34,168*
A fretted stringed instrument, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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