luar
/ˈlwaɾ/
The verdict
“luar” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #16,331. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,331
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - luz do sol que é refletida pela Lua
Corpus desk
Index PT-luar · luar · Portuguese
luar · rank #16,331 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,331
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH lobby
Nearest frequency peer: lobby (-1 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “luar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- kung
kung
83,676 corpus weight
- lagarto
lagarto
83,675 corpus weight
- Laurent
Laurent
83,673 corpus weight
- lobby
lobby
83,671 corpus weight
- luar
luar
83,670 corpus weight
- majoritaria…
majoritariamente
83,665 corpus weight
What this shows “luar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | luar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlwaɾ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #16,331 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “luar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around luar (IPA /ˈlwaɾ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,331 among 581 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for luar, with forms such as "laur", "lluar", and "luarr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is luar, spelled L-U-A-R.
Definition
- 1luz do sol que é refletida pela Lua
- 2luminosidade fraca e difusa
- 3iluminação da Terra pela Lua (durante a noite)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- laur
- lluar
- luarr
- lura
- ular
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of luar - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "luar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).