Which to use
“los” is a pronoun and “Luis” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #394
- “los” frequency rank
- #2,383
- “Luis” frequency rank
- 2777
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | los | Luis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | os, pronome demonstrativo | Luís |
Letter map: los vs Luis
Shared letters muted; letters that set los and Luis apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for los / Luis
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: los is apronoun and Luisanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2777, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
los is recorded at frequency rank #394, classified as apron. Luis is at rank #2,383, tagged as anoun, pronounced /'lwjs/..
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 2777, this pair ranks #72,494 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of los vs Luis
Shared letters: ls. Private to "los": o. Private to "Luis": iu.
"los" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "Luis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Luis ← lius · lluis · luiss · lusi · ulis
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "los" for "Luis" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "los" or "Luis" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "los" and "Luis". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "los" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Luis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,494 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "los" and "Luis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loch vs los". 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 #72,494 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.