Which to use
“leed” is a verb and “les” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,284
- “leed” frequency rank
- #101
- “les” frequency rank
- 44385
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | leed | les |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del imperativo afirmativo de leer. | Forma del dativo de ellos. Dativo del pronombre personal de tercera persona en género masculino o femenino y número plural. No admite preposición y se puede usar como sufijo: LES di; daLES. Es grave incorrección emplear en este caso para el género masculino la forma los, propia del acusativo, y en femenino tampoco debe emplearse la forma las, aunque lo hayan hecho escritores de nota. |
Where the eye mixes leed and les
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: leed vs les
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: leed is [leˈeð̞] while les is [les]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44385, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
leed is recorded at frequency rank #44,284, classified as averb, pronounced [leˈeð̞]. les is at rank #101, tagged as apron, pronounced [les].
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 44385, this pair ranks #137,373 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of leed vs les
Shared letters: el. Private to "leed": d. Private to "les": s.
"leed" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "les" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- leed ← eled · lede · leedd · lleed
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "leed" and "les" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "leed" or "les" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "leed" and "les" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "leed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "les" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #137,373 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "leed" and "les" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leed vs lies". 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 #137,373 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.