# leste

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /ˈlɛʃ.tɨ/ · frequency rank #1,051

## Definitions
1. um dos pontos cardeais, oposto ao oeste, equivalente ao lado direito

## Easily confused with
- **let** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/leste-vs-let)
- **leve** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/leste-vs-leve)
- **lote** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/leste-vs-lote)
- **lose** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/leste-vs-lose)
- **leto** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/leste-vs-leto)
- **lise** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/leste-vs-lise)
- **lista** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/leste-vs-lista)
- **listen** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/leste-vs-listen)
- **letter** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/leste-vs-letter)
- **lustre** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/leste-vs-lustre)
- **left** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/left-vs-leste)
- **late** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/late-vs-leste)
- **leme** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/leme-vs-leste)
- **leite** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/leite-vs-leste)
- **lesão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/lesao-vs-leste)
- **lento** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/lento-vs-leste)
- **lente** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/lente-vs-leste)
- **leque** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/leque-vs-leste)
- **leave** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/leave-vs-leste)
- **lebre** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/lebre-vs-leste)

## Common misspellings (7)
`elste`, `leset`, `lesste`, `lestte`, `letse`, `lleste`, `lsete`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/leste