luchanvsluchasWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: luchan is a verb, luchas is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“luchan” is a verb and “luchas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,491
“luchan” frequency rank
#5,011
“luchas” frequency rank
14502
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature luchan luchas
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de luchar. Forma del plural de lucha.

Where the eye mixes luchan and luchas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. luchan and luchas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
luchan
6 ch
luchas

Look-alike desk: luchan vs luchas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: luchan is [ˈlut͡ʃãn] while luchas is [ˈlut͡ʃas]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - n in “luchan” becomes s in “luchas”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14502, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

luchan is recorded at frequency rank #9,491, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈlut͡ʃãn]. luchas is at rank #5,011, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈlut͡ʃas].

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 14502, this pair ranks #283,869 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of luchan vs luchas

Shared letters: achlu. Private to "luchan": n. Private to "luchas": s.

"luchan" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "luchas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • luchan ← lcuhan · lluchan · lucahn · lucchan · luchann · luchhan · luchna · luhcan
  • luchas ← lcuhas · lluchas · lucahs · lucchas · luchass · luchhas · luchsa · luhcas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "luchan" and "luchas" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "luchan" is a verb and "luchas" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "luchan" or "luchas"?
"luchas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,011 in our Spanish list, against #9,491 for "luchan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "luchan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "luchas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #283,869 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "luchan" and "luchas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "luchan vs lucían". 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 #283,869 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