levarvsluarTell them apart

Quick tell: levar is a verb, luar is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“levar” is a verb and “luar” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#522
“levar” frequency rank
#16,331
“luar” frequency rank
16853
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature levar luar
Definition transportar consigo luz do sol que é refletida pela Lua

Letter map: levar vs luar

Shared letters muted; letters that set levar and luar apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
levar
4 ch
luar

Part-of-speech tell for levar / luar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: levar is averb and luaranoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16853, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

levar is recorded at frequency rank #522, classified as averb. luar is at rank #16,331, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈlwaɾ/.

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 16853, this pair ranks #54,585 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of levar vs luar

Shared letters: alr. Private to "levar": ev. Private to "luar": u.

"levar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "luar" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • levarelvar · leavr · levarr · levra · levvar · llevar · lvear
  • luarlaur · lluar · luarr · lura · ular

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "levar" for "luar" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "levar" is a verb and "luar" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "levar" vs "luar" - which ranks higher?
"levar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #522 in our Portuguese list, against #16,331 for "luar". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "levar" and "luar".

  • Full dictionary entry for "levar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "luar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #54,585 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "levar" and "luar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "luar vs ludo". 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 #54,585 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