lóbulovsloucoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: lóbulo is a noun, louco is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#47,469
“lóbulo” frequency rank
#1,649
“louco” frequency rank
49118
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lóbulo louco
Definition porção saliente e arredondada de um órgão qualquer que perdeu a razão, maluco, demente, vesano, amente

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set lóbulo and louco apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
lóbulo
5 ch
louco

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lóbulo is anoun and loucoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49118, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lóbulo is recorded at frequency rank #47,469, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈlɔ.bu.lu/. louco is at rank #1,649, tagged as anadj.

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 49118, this pair ranks #15,967 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of lóbulo vs louco

Shared letters: lou. Private to "lóbulo": . Private to "louco": c.

"lóbulo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "louco" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • loucollouco · locuo · loucco · louoc · luoco · oluco

Frequency comparison

lóbulo#47,469
louco#1,649

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "lóbulo" and "louco" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lóbulo" is a noun and "louco" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "lóbulo" or "louco"?
"louco" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,649 in our Portuguese list, against #47,469 for "lóbulo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering lóbulo vs louco

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “lóbulo”; for an adjective, it's “louco”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “lóbulo” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list