legovslusoTell them apart

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“lego” and “luso” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#15,655
“lego” frequency rank
#44,297
“luso” frequency rank
59952
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lego luso
Definition Dicho de una persona, que no ejerce el sacerdocio ni está adscrita a ninguna orden religiosa. Originario, relativo a, o propio de Portugal.

Where the eye mixes lego and luso

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. lego and luso follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
lego
4 ch
luso

Visual trap between lego and luso

A purely visual mix-up. lego ([ˈleɣ̞o]) and luso ([ˈluso]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59952, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lego is recorded at frequency rank #15,655, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈleɣ̞o]. luso is at rank #44,297, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈluso].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 59952, this pair ranks #60,697 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of lego vs luso

Shared letters: lo. Private to "lego": eg. Private to "luso": su.

"lego" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "luso" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lego ← elgo · leggo · leog · lgeo · llego
  • luso ← lluso · lsuo · luos · lusso · ulso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "lego" and "luso" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈleɣ̞o] versus [ˈluso]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "lego" or "luso"?
"lego" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,655 in our Spanish list, against #44,297 for "luso". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lego" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "luso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #60,697 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lego" and "luso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ledo vs luso". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #60,697 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list