Which to use
“loiça” and “louça” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,522
- “loiça” frequency rank
- #12,933
- “louça” frequency rank
- 49455
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | loiça | louça |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | produto de cerâmica para uso doméstico especialmente para o serviço de mesa e de cozinha | toda a espécie de vasos de barro, porcelana, etc. |
Where the eye mixes loiça and louça
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. loiça and louça follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: loiça vs louça
A purely visual mix-up. loiça (/ˈloj.sɐ/) and louça (/ˈlow.sɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - i in “loiça” becomes u in “louça”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49455, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
loiça is recorded at frequency rank #36,522, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈloj.sɐ/. louça is at rank #12,933, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈlow.sɐ/.
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 49455, this pair ranks #15,550 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of loiça vs louça
Shared letters: aloç. Private to "loiça": i. Private to "louça": u.
"loiça" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "louça" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "loiça" and "louça" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "loiça" or "louça"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "loiça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "louça" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,550 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "loiça" and "louça" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loch vs loiça". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #15,550 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.