lugar

//lu.ˈɡaɾ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#212

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

lugar is aPortuguesenoun. It means: assento Pronounced /lu.ˈɡaɾ/. It ranks #212 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with luta and lula.

Key facts for lugar
PropertyValue
Headwordlugar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/lu.ˈɡaɾ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#212
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for lugar is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /lu.ˈɡaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #212 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for lugar, with forms such as "lguar", "llugar", and "luagr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "luta", "lula", "luna", 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 lugar, spelled L-U-G-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    assento
  2. 2
    espaço ocupado por um corpo
  3. 3
    localidade; pequeno povoado
  4. 4
    loja onde se vendem hortaliças, frutas, ovos, etc.
  5. 5
    posição, vez ou ordem numa lista ou hierarquia
  6. 6
    categoria social
  7. 7
    tempo, vagar, oportunidade, ensejo

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lguar,llugar,luagr,lugarr,luggar,lugra,ulgar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lugar

Misspelling Variants of "lugar"

lguar5llugar6luagr5lugarr6luggar6lugra5ulgar5
Misspelling Variants of "lugar"

Frequency rank: #212 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lugar"?
"lugar" is spelled L-U-G-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /lu.ˈɡaɾ/.
What does "lugar" mean?
As a noun, "lugar" means: assento
What words are commonly confused with "lugar"?
"lugar" is commonly confused with "luta", "lula", "luna". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lugar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lugar" is /lu.ˈɡaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lugar" come from?
"lugar" 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.