lean
/liːn/
The verdict
“lean” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #29,804) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #29,804
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - magro, sem excessos, sem peso extra, enxuto
Corpus desk
Index PT-lean · lean · Portuguese
lean · rank #29,804 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,804
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH lagosta
Nearest frequency peer: lagosta (-4 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “lean”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- lagosta
lagosta
70,201 corpus weight
- lean
lean
70,197 corpus weight
- longínquo
longínquo
70,193 corpus weight
- louvar
louvar
70,191 corpus weight
- malicioso
malicioso
70,188 corpus weight
- marionete
marionete
70,186 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “lean” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lean |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /liːn/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #29,804 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “lean”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for lean is neighbouring look-alikes ("ler", "lua", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced /liːn/. Frequency #29,804 among 581 “L” headwords. Gloss: "magro, sem excessos, sem peso extra, enxuto".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for lean, with forms such as "elan", "leann", and "lena". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ler", "lua", "leo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is lean, spelled L-E-A-N.
Definition
- 1magro, sem excessos, sem peso extra, enxuto
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elan
- leann
- lena
- llean
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lean - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lean", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).