Which to use
“louco” is an adjective and “luxo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,649
- “louco” frequency rank
- #3,781
- “luxo” frequency rank
- 5430
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | louco | luxo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que perdeu a razão, maluco, demente, vesano, amente | ostentação de riqueza, esplendor, fausto: |
Letter map: louco vs luxo
Shared letters muted; letters that set louco and luxo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. louco runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against luxo's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for louco / luxo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: louco is anadjective and luxoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5430, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
louco is recorded at frequency rank #1,649, classified as anadj. luxo is at rank #3,781, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈlu.ʃu/.
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 5430, this pair ranks #69,189 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of louco vs luxo
Shared letters: lou. Private to "louco": c. Private to "luxo": x.
"louco" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "luxo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "louco" and "luxo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "louco" or "luxo"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "louco" and "luxo".
- Full dictionary entry for "louco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "luxo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,189 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "louco" and "luxo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ludo vs luxo". 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 #69,189 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.