lua
/'lua/
The verdict
“lua” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,619 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,619
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - satélite natural da Terra, que se destaca no céu durante a noite
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 | lua |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /'lua/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #1,619 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lua” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for lua is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /'lua/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,619 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1satélite natural da Terra, que se destaca no céu durante a noite
- 2astro que é satélite natural de algum planeta
- 3luar
- 4mês
- 5mês lunar, período de tempo, aproximadamente 28 dias, que a lua demora a dar a volta à Terra
- 6sinal muçulmano do crescente
- 7menstruação; cio verificado nos animais
- 8parte arqueada situada na dianteira da sela
- 9peixe encontrado na costa portuguesa de formas arredondadas e aparentemente sem barbatana traseira
- 10mau humor
- 11comportamento estranho e caprichoso
- 12qualquer coisa com forma semelhante ao disco visível da lua
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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"?
What does "lua" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "lua"?
How do you pronounce "lua"?
What language does "lua" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “lua”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is L-U-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /'lua/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “luz” - see the side-by-side comparison. lua vs luz
- 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.