Which to use
“ludo” and “luxo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,465
- “ludo” frequency rank
- #3,781
- “luxo” frequency rank
- 51246
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ludo | luxo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | jogo | ostentação de riqueza, esplendor, fausto: |
Where the eye mixes ludo and luxo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. ludo and luxo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: ludo vs luxo
A purely visual mix-up. ludo (/ˈlu.dɔ/) and luxo (/ˈlu.ʃu/) 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 - d in “ludo” becomes x in “luxo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51246, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ludo is recorded at frequency rank #47,465, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈlu.dɔ/. 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 51246, this pair ranks #13,756 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ludo vs luxo
Shared letters: lou. Private to "ludo": d. Private to "luxo": x.
"ludo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "luxo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ludo" and "luxo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "ludo" or "luxo" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "ludo" 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 #13,756 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ludo" and "luxo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lúdico vs ludo". 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 #13,756 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.