Lewis

//ˈluːɪs// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,965

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

Lewis is aPortuguesenoun. It means: prenome masculino, equivalente ao português Luís Pronounced /ˈluːɪs/. It ranks #5,965 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with Luis and Louis.

Key facts for Lewis
PropertyValue
HeadwordLewis
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈluːɪs/
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,965
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Lewis in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for Lewis is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Lewis, with forms such as "elwis", "leiws", and "lewiss". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Luis", "Louis", "lew", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is Lewis, spelled L-E-W-I-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    prenome masculino, equivalente ao português Luís

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: elwis,leiws,lewiss,lewsi,lewwis,llewis,lweis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Lewis

Misspelling Variants of "Lewis"

elwis5leiws5lewiss6lewsi5lewwis6llewis6lweis5
Misspelling Variants of "Lewis"

Frequency rank: #5,965 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Lewis"?
"Lewis" is spelled L-E-W-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈluːɪs/.
What does "Lewis" mean?
As a noun, "Lewis" means: prenome masculino, equivalente ao português Luís
What words are commonly confused with "Lewis"?
"Lewis" is commonly confused with "Luis", "Louis", "lew". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Lewis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lewis" is /ˈluːɪs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lewis" come from?
"Lewis" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter L in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.