Which to use
“la” is a pronoun and “luna” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #163
- “la” frequency rank
- #9,712
- “luna” frequency rank
- 9875
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | la | luna |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mesmo que a, utilizado em ênclise com verbos que terminam em -z, -r ou -s | lua |
Letter map: la vs luna
Shared letters muted; letters that set la and luna apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for la / luna
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: la is apronoun and lunaanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9875, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
la is recorded at frequency rank #163, classified as apron. luna is at rank #9,712, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈluna/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 9875, this pair ranks #63,403 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of la vs luna
Shared letters: al. Private to "la": -. Private to "luna": nu.
"la" · 2 letters · shape CV · "luna" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- luna ← lluna · lnua · luan · lunna · ulna
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "la" and "luna" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "la" or "luna"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "la" and "luna". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "la" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "luna" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,403 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "la" and "luna" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "liana vs luna". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #63,403 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.