LemosvslujosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Lemos is a name, lujos is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Lemos” is a name and “lujos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,195
“Lemos” frequency rank
#18,888
“lujos” frequency rank
52083
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Lemos lujos
Definition Apellido Forma del plural de lujo.

Where the eye mixes Lemos and lujos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Lemos and lujos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
Lemos
5 ch
lujos

Visual trap between Lemos and lujos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Lemos is [ˈlemos] while lujos is [ˈluxos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52083, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Lemos is recorded at frequency rank #33,195, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈlemos]. lujos is at rank #18,888, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈluxos].

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 52083, this pair ranks #94,483 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Lemos vs lujos

Shared letters: los. Private to "Lemos": em. Private to "lujos": ju.

"Lemos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "lujos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Lemos ← elmos · lemmos · lemoss · lemso · leoms · llemos · lmeos
  • lujos ← ljuos · llujos · lujjos · lujoss · lujso · luojs · uljos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Lemos" and "lujos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Lemos" is a name and "lujos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Lemos" vs "lujos" - which ranks higher?
"lujos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,888 in our Spanish list, against #33,195 for "Lemos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Lemos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lujos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #94,483 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Lemos" and "lujos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lemos vs lens". 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 #94,483 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