levasvsLucasTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#43,108
“levas” frequency rank
#2,937
“Lucas” frequency rank
46045
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature levas Lucas
Definition Forma del plural de leva. Nombre de pila de varón.

Where the eye mixes levas and Lucas

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

5 ch
levas
5 ch
Lucas

Why the eye confuses levas with Lucas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: levas is [ˈleβ̞as] while Lucas is [ˈlukas]. 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 (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46045, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

levas is recorded at frequency rank #43,108, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈleβ̞as]. Lucas is at rank #2,937, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈlukas].

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 46045, this pair ranks #127,997 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of levas vs Lucas

Shared letters: als. Private to "levas": ev. Private to "Lucas": cu.

"levas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Lucas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • levas ← elvas · leavs · lebas · levass · levsa · levvas · lveas
  • Lucas ← lcuas · llucas · luacs · lucass · luccas · lucsa · ulcas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "levas" for "Lucas" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "levas" is a noun and "Lucas" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "levas" or "Lucas"?
"Lucas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,937 in our Spanish list, against #43,108 for "levas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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 "levas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Lucas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #127,997 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "levas" and "Lucas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lens vs levas". 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 #127,997 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