Which to use
“los” is a pronoun and “loud” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #394
- “los” frequency rank
- #19,206
- “loud” frequency rank
- 19600
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | los | loud |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | os, pronome demonstrativo | alto, elevado, intenso (em se falando de som) |
Letter map: los vs loud
Shared letters muted; letters that set los and loud apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - los and loud
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: los is apronoun and loudanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19600, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
los is recorded at frequency rank #394, classified as apron. loud is at rank #19,206, tagged as anadj, pronounced /laʊd/.
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 19600, this pair ranks #51,085 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of los vs loud
Shared letters: lo. Private to "los": s. Private to "loud": du.
"los" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "loud" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- loud ← lloud · lodu · loudd · luod · olud
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "los" for "loud" ever safe?
Frequency check: "los" vs "loud" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "los" vs "loud" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "los" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "loud" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,085 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "los" and "loud" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loch vs loud". 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 #51,085 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.