letvslutaTell them apart

Which to use

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

#6,782
“let” frequency rank
#649
“luta” frequency rank
7431
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature let luta
Definition obstáculo combate corpo a corpo

Letter map: let vs luta

Shared letters muted; letters that set let and luta apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
let
4 ch
luta

Pair insight - let / luta

let and luta 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 7431, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

let is recorded at frequency rank #6,782, classified as anoun, pronounced /lɛt/ Áudio (EUA)^(fonte ?). luta is at rank #649, tagged as anoun.

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 7431, this pair ranks #66,697 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of let vs luta

Shared letters: lt. Private to "let": e. Private to "luta": au.

"let" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "luta" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lutalluta · ltua · luat · lutta · ulta

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "let" and "luta" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "let" or "luta" show up more?
"luta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #649 in our Portuguese list, against #6,782 for "let". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "let" and "luta".

  • Full dictionary entry for "let" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "luta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,697 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "let" and "luta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "least vs let". 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 #66,697 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