l
Portuguese, letter
l is spelled L (one letter) and appears 85 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,145th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). L is a Portuguese masculine letter meaning “The twelfth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, L is a different word: “The twelfth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin…”.
What does l mean in English?
letter
- 1
masculineThe twelfth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- 2
masculineoffensiveSometimes, the consonant r is changed to l when depicting stereotypical speech of a Chinese person
letter
- 1
masculineThe twelfth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
interfix
- 1
used as a linking consonant between two vowels, usually between a stem and a suffix
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. décima segunda letra do alfabeto latino usado em português
abbreviation: 1. abreviatura de leste
noun: 1. décima segunda letra do alfabeto latino usado em português
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of l
- L uppercase
- l lowercase
- L, l canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is l in Portuguese?
l appears 85 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).