Which to use
“loiça” and “lousa” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,522
- “loiça” frequency rank
- #32,242
- “lousa” frequency rank
- 68764
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | loiça | lousa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | produto de cerâmica para uso doméstico especialmente para o serviço de mesa e de cozinha | quadro-negro |
Where the eye mixes loiça and lousa
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: loiça vs lousa
A purely visual mix-up. loiça (/ˈloj.sɐ/) and lousa (/ˈlow.zɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68764, 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/. lousa is at rank #32,242, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈlow.zɐ/.
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 68764, this pair ranks #4,175 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of loiça vs lousa
Shared letters: alo. Private to "loiça": iç. Private to "lousa": su.
"loiça" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "lousa" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lousa ← llousa · losua · louas · loussa · luosa · olusa
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "loiça" for "lousa" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "loiça" or "lousa" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "loiça" and "lousa" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "loiça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lousa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #4,175 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "loiça" and "lousa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loch vs loiça". 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 #4,175 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.