lavravsluvaTell them apart

Which to use

“lavra” and “luva” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#40,647
“lavra” frequency rank
#14,182
“luva” frequency rank
54829
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lavra luva
Definition lavoura peça de vestuário para a mão

Letter map: lavra vs luva

Shared letters muted; letters that set lavra and luva apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
lavra
4 ch
luva

Corpus notes: lavra and luva

lavra and luva are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54829, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lavra is recorded at frequency rank #40,647, classified as anoun. luva is at rank #14,182, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈlu.vɐ/.

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 54829, this pair ranks #11,011 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of lavra vs luva

Shared letters: alv. Private to "lavra": r. Private to "luva": u.

"lavra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "luva" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lavraalvra · lavrra · lavvra · llavra · lvara
  • luvalluva · luav · luvva · lvua · ulva

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "lavra" and "luva" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "lavra" vs "luva" - which ranks higher?
"luva" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,182 in our Portuguese list, against #40,647 for "lavra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "lavra" and "luva".

  • Full dictionary entry for "lavra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "luva" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #11,011 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lavra" and "luva" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laca vs lavra". 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 #11,011 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list