luto
/ˈlu.tu/
The verdict
“luto” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,112. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,112
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dor causada pela morte de alguém ou por grande calamidade
Corpus desk
Index PT-luto · luto · Portuguese
luto · rank #5,112 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,112
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH levada
Nearest frequency peer: levada (-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 “luto”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- Isabel
Isabel
94,892 corpus weight
- Joseph
Joseph
94,891 corpus weight
- levada
levada
94,890 corpus weight
- luto
luto
94,889 corpus weight
- macho
macho
94,888 corpus weight
- mecânica
mecânica
94,886 corpus weight
What this shows “luto” 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 | luto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlu.tu/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #5,112 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “luto”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around luto (IPA /ˈlu.tu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,112 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 luto, with forms such as "lluto", "ltuo", and "luot". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "luz", "luxo", "luva", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is luto, spelled L-U-T-O.
Definition
- 1dor causada pela morte de alguém ou por grande calamidade
- 2vestuário preto que se usa como sinal de tristeza pela morte de parente
- 3tristeza profunda
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lluto
- ltuo
- luot
- lutto
- ulto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of luto - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "luto", 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).