Which to use
“los” is a pronoun and “lua” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #394
- “los” frequency rank
- #1,619
- “lua” frequency rank
- 2013
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | los | lua |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | os, pronome demonstrativo | satélite natural da Terra, que se destaca no céu durante a noite |
Letter map: los vs lua
Shared letters muted; letters that set los and lua apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for los / lua
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: los is apronoun and luaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2013, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
los is recorded at frequency rank #394, classified as apron. lua is at rank #1,619, tagged as anoun, pronounced /'lua/.
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 2013, this pair ranks #73,479 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of los vs lua
Shared letters: l. Private to "los": os. Private to "lua": au.
"los" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "lua" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've compared "los" and "lua". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "los" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lua" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,479 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "los" and "lua" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laca vs lua". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #73,479 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.