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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "levar" for "luar" ever safe?
Frequency check: "levar" vs "luar" - which ranks higher?
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.