letravslutaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#2,238
“letra” frequency rank
#649
“luta” frequency rank
2887
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature letra luta
Definition representação gráfica dos sons de um idioma combate corpo a corpo

Letter map: letra vs luta

Shared letters muted; letters that set letra and luta apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
letra
4 ch
luta

Spelling & dictionary notes on letra vs luta

letra 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 2887, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

letra is recorded at frequency rank #2,238, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈle.tɾɐ/. 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 2887, this pair ranks #72,349 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of letra vs luta

Shared letters: alt. Private to "letra": er. Private to "luta": u.

"letra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "luta" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • letraeltra · lerta · letar · letrra · lettra · lletra · ltera
  • lutalluta · ltua · luat · lutta · ulta

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "letra" for "luta" ever safe?
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: "letra" vs "luta" - which ranks higher?
"luta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #649 in our Portuguese list, against #2,238 for "letra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "letra" and "luta". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "letra" 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 #72,349 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "letra" and "luta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "letra vs listra". 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 #72,349 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