luz
/ˈluʃ/
The verdict
“luz” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #604 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #604
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - única radiação captada pelo olho humano
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 | luz |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈluʃ/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #604 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “luz” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for luz is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈluʃ/. Corpus data places it at rank #604 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for luz, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "l", "la", "le", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is luz, spelled L-U-Z.
Definition
- 1única radiação captada pelo olho humano
- 2energia elétrica
- 3certeza, clareza, evidência
- 4conhecimento público
- 5elucidação, esclarecimento
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.
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Using “luz”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is L-U-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈluʃ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “l” - see the side-by-side comparison. luz vs l
- 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.