Lewis
/ˈluːɪs/
The verdict
“Lewis” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #5,965 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,965
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - prenome masculino, equivalente ao português Luís
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lewis |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈluːɪs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,965 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lewis” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for Lewis is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈluːɪs/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,965 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "prenome masculino, equivalente ao português Luís".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lewis, with forms such as "elwis", "leiws", and "lewiss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Luis", "Louis", "lew", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is Lewis, spelled L-E-W-I-S.
Definition
- 1prenome masculino, equivalente ao português Luís
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: elwis,leiws,lewiss,lewsi,lewwis,llewis,lweis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lewis - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Lewis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is L-E-W-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈluːɪs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Luis” - see the side-by-side comparison. Lewis vs Luis
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.