lisovsludoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: liso is a adjective, ludo is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“liso” is an adjective and “ludo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,493
“liso” frequency rank
#47,465
“ludo” frequency rank
58958
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature liso ludo
Definition que é sem asperezas, pregas, rugas jogo

Letter map: liso vs ludo

Shared letters muted; letters that set liso and ludo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. liso and ludo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
liso
4 ch
ludo

Role in the sentence - liso and ludo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: liso is anadjective and ludoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58958, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

liso is recorded at frequency rank #11,493, classified as anadj. ludo is at rank #47,465, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈlu.dɔ/.

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 58958, this pair ranks #8,457 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of liso vs ludo

Shared letters: lo. Private to "liso": is. Private to "ludo": du.

"liso" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "ludo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • liso ← ilso · lios · lisso · lliso · lsio
  • ludo ← lduo · lludo · luddo · uldo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "liso" and "ludo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "liso" is an adjective and "ludo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "liso" vs "ludo" - which ranks higher?
"liso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,493 in our Portuguese list, against #47,465 for "ludo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "liso" vs "ludo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "liso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ludo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #8,457 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "liso" and "ludo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lúdico 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 #8,457 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