luis
[ˈlwis]
The verdict
“luis” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #747. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #747
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Moneda de oro antigua, que equivalía a veinte francos. Se acuñó aproximadamente entre 1640 y 1793.
Corpus desk
Index ES-luis · luis · Spanish
luis · rank #747 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #747
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH lejos
Nearest frequency peer: lejos (-1 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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “luis”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- juegos
juegos
99,256 corpus weight
- lejos
lejos
99,255 corpus weight
- luis
luis
99,254 corpus weight
- mala
mala
99,253 corpus weight
- María
María
99,252 corpus weight
- militar
militar
99,251 corpus weight
What this shows “luis” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | luis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlwis] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #747 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “luis”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around luis (IPA [ˈlwis]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #747 among 2,069 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Moneda de oro antigua, que equivalía a veinte francos. Se acuñó aproximadamente entre 1640 y 1793.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for luis, with forms such as "lius", "lluis", and "luiss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "luz", "lux", "lxs", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is luis, spelled L-U-I-S.
Definition
- 1Moneda de oro antigua, que equivalía a veinte francos. Se acuñó aproximadamente entre 1640 y 1793.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lius
- lluis
- luiss
- lusi
- ulis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of luis - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).