Which to use
“lung” is a noun and “luso” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,426
- “lung” frequency rank
- #44,297
- “luso” frequency rank
- 89723
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lung | luso |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pulmón. | Originario, relativo a, o propio de Portugal. |
Where the eye mixes lung and luso
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. lung (CVCC) and luso (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: lung vs luso
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lung is /lʌŋ/ while luso is [ˈluso]. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89723, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lung is recorded at frequency rank #45,426, classified as anoun, pronounced /lʌŋ/. 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 89723, this pair ranks #2,948 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lung vs luso
Shared letters: lu. Private to "lung": gn. Private to "luso": os.
"lung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "luso" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lung" for "luso" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "lung" or "luso" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "lung" 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 #2,948 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lung" and "luso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "longo vs lung". 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 #2,948 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.