lisovsluxoConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#11,493
“liso” frequency rank
#3,781
“luxo” frequency rank
15274
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature liso luxo
Definition que é sem asperezas, pregas, rugas ostentação de riqueza, esplendor, fausto:

Letter map: liso vs luxo

Shared letters muted; letters that set liso and luxo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
liso
4 ch
luxo

Part-of-speech tell for liso / luxo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: liso is anadjective and luxoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15274, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

liso is recorded at frequency rank #11,493, classified as anadj. luxo is at rank #3,781, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈlu.ʃu/.

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 15274, this pair ranks #56,591 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of liso vs luxo

Shared letters: lo. Private to "liso": is. Private to "luxo": ux.

"liso" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "luxo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lisoilso · lios · lisso · lliso · lsio
  • luxolluxo · luox · luxxo · lxuo · ulxo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "liso" for "luxo" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "liso" is an adjective and "luxo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "liso" vs "luxo" - which ranks higher?
"luxo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,781 in our Portuguese list, against #11,493 for "liso". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "liso" vs "luxo" 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 "luxo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #56,591 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "liso" and "luxo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "liso 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 #56,591 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