leo
/ˈle.oː/ ouvir^(fonte ?)
The verdict
“leo” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #4,079) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #4,079
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - leão
Corpus desk
Index PT-leo · leo · Portuguese
leo · rank #4,079 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,079
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH Miami
Nearest frequency peer: Miami (+2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “leo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- imediato
imediato
95,927 corpus weight
- julgar
julgar
95,925 corpus weight
- leo
leo
95,922 corpus weight
- Miami
Miami
95,920 corpus weight
- milagre
milagre
95,919 corpus weight
- monstro
monstro
95,918 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “leo” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | leo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈle.oː/ ouvir^(fonte ?) |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #4,079 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “leo” fica na frequência do português
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for leo is neighbouring look-alikes ("ls", "ló", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈle.oː/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Frequency #4,079 among 581 “L” headwords. Gloss: "leão".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for leo, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ls", "ló", "lhe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is leo, spelled L-E-O.
Definition
- 1leão
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how leo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vulpes leaenam vituperabat, quae unum catulum habebat. Cui leaena respondit: Unum, sed leonem.
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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- "leo" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ls". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #4,079 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.