Which to use
“louça” and “lousa” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,933
- “louça” frequency rank
- #32,242
- “lousa” frequency rank
- 45175
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | louça | lousa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | toda a espécie de vasos de barro, porcelana, etc. | quadro-negro |
Where the eye mixes louça and lousa
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses louça with lousa
A purely visual mix-up. louça (/ˈlow.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 differ by a single letter - ç in “louça” becomes s in “lousa”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45175, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
louça is recorded at frequency rank #12,933, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈlow.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 45175, this pair ranks #20,237 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of louça vs lousa
Shared letters: alou. Private to "louça": ç. Private to "lousa": s.
"louça" · 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 "louça" for "lousa" ever safe?
Frequency check: "louça" vs "lousa" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "louça" and "lousa" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "louça" 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 #20,237 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "louça" 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 #20,237 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.