Which to use
“los” is a pronoun and “lousa” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #394
- “los” frequency rank
- #32,242
- “lousa” frequency rank
- 32636
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | los | lousa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | os, pronome demonstrativo | quadro-negro |
Letter map: los vs lousa
Shared letters muted; letters that set los and lousa apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. los runs 3 letters (CVC) against lousa's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for los / lousa
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: los is apronoun and lousaanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32636, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
los is recorded at frequency rank #394, classified as apron. 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 32636, this pair ranks #35,114 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of los vs lousa
Shared letters: los. Private to "los": -. Private to "lousa": au.
"los" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "lousa" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lousa ← llousa · losua · louas · loussa · luosa · olusa
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "los" and "lousa" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "los" vs "lousa" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "los" vs "lousa" 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 "lousa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,114 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "los" and "lousa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loiça vs lousa". 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 #35,114 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.