levasvsluvaWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#25,726
“levas” frequency rank
#14,182
“luva” frequency rank
39908
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature levas luva
Definition segunda pessoa do singular do presente indicativo do verbo levar peça de vestuário para a mão

Letter map: levas vs luva

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

5 ch
levas
4 ch
luva

Part-of-speech tell for levas / luva

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: levas is averb and luvaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39908, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

levas is recorded at frequency rank #25,726, classified as averb. 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 39908, this pair ranks #26,267 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of levas vs luva

Shared letters: alv. Private to "levas": es. Private to "luva": u.

"levas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "luva" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • levaselvas · leavs · levass · levsa · levvas · llevas · lveas
  • luvalluva · luav · luvva · lvua · ulva

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "levas" for "luva" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "levas" is a verb and "luva" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "levas" 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 #25,726 for "levas". 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 "levas" and "luva". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "levas" 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 #26,267 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "levas" and "luva" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "least vs levas". 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 #26,267 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