lua

/'lua/

//'lua// noun

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The verdict

“lua” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,619) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#1,619
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - satélite natural da Terra, que se destaca no céu durante a noite

Corpus desk

Index PT-lua · lua · Portuguese

lua · rank #1,619 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,619
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH plataforma

Nearest frequency peer: plataforma (+2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “lua”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “lua” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

lua vs luz
67% similar
lua vs Luc
33% similar
lua vs lui
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for lua
PropertyValue
Headwordlua
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/'lua/
Letters3
Frequency rank#1,619
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “lua”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).luacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “plataforma” (#1,621), “K” (#1,616), “queda” (#1,623). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “lua” fica em #1,619. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for lua is neighbouring look-alikes ("luz", "Luc", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /'lua/. Frequency #1,619 among 581 “L” headwords. 12 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Zero misspellings are on record for lua in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "luz", "Luc", "lui", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is lua, spelled L-U-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    satélite natural da Terra, que se destaca no céu durante a noite
  2. 2
    astro que é satélite natural de algum planeta
  3. 3
    luar
  4. 4
    mês
  5. 5
    mês lunar, período de tempo, aproximadamente 28 dias, que a lua demora a dar a volta à Terra
  6. 6
    sinal muçulmano do crescente
  7. 7
    menstruação; cio verificado nos animais
  8. 8
    parte arqueada situada na dianteira da sela
  9. 9
    peixe encontrado na costa portuguesa de formas arredondadas e aparentemente sem barbatana traseira
  10. 10
    mau humor
  11. 11
    comportamento estranho e caprichoso
  12. 12
    qualquer coisa com forma semelhante ao disco visível da lua

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how lua appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O círculo verde é para pôr no buraco verde; a meia-lua encarnada, no buraco encarnado.

Synonyms

lüaluma

This word in other languages

moon(English)luna(Español)lune(Français)Mond(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lua"?
"lua" is spelled L-U-A. The IPA pronunciation is /'lua/.
What does "lua" mean?
As a noun, "lua" means: satélite natural da Terra, que se destaca no céu durante a noite
What words are commonly confused with "lua"?
"lua" is commonly confused with "luz", "Luc", "lui". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lua"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lua" is /'lua/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lua" come from?
"lua" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lua", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

der#1,567gay#1,538del#1,706gol#1,746

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list