lui

/ˈlu.i/.

//ˈlu.i/./ verb

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The verdict

“lui” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #34,790) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#34,790
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - alugar (tomar de aluguel)

Corpus desk

Index PT-lui · lui · Portuguese

lui · rank #34,790 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,790
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH lipa

Nearest frequency peer: lipa (-3 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 “lui”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “lui” 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).

lui vs luz
67% similar
lui vs luta
50% similar
lui vs lula
50% similar

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

Key facts for lui
PropertyValue
Headwordlui
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈlu.i/.
Letters3
Frequency rank#34,790
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “lui”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.luicai 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 “lipa” (#34,787), “lástima” (#34,794), “ligamento” (#34,784). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “lui” fica em #34,790. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for lui is neighbouring look-alikes ("luz", "luta", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced /ˈlu.i/.. Frequency #34,790 among 581 “L” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

No misspelling variants are generated for lui in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "luz", "luta", "lula", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is lui, spelled L-U-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    alugar (tomar de aluguel)
  2. 2
    fretar, arrendar

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 "lui"?
"lui" is spelled L-U-I. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈlu.i/..
What does "lui" mean?
As a verb, "lui" means: alugar (tomar de aluguel)
What words are commonly confused with "lui"?
"lui" is commonly confused with "luz", "luta", "lula". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lui"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lui" is /ˈlu.i/.. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lui" come from?
"lui" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

ets#34,703dam#34,654bet#35,039Rad#35,306

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list