lhe

/ʎɨ/

//ʎɨ// pron

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The verdict

“lhe” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #322) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#322
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pronome pessoal dativo, de dois gêneros, da terceira pessoa do singular (ele, ela, você)

Corpus desk

Index PT-lhe · lhe · Portuguese

lhe · rank #322 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #322
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH geral

Nearest frequency peer: geral (-1 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 “lhe”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “lhe” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

lhe vs ls
33% similar
lhe vs ló
33% similar
lhe vs los
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for lhe
PropertyValue
Headwordlhe
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPronoun
IPA/ʎɨ/
Letters3
Frequency rank#322
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “lhe”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).lhecai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “geral” (#321), “sob” (#320), “mal” (#319). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “lhe” fica em #322. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for lhe is neighbouring look-alikes ("ls", "ló", …), not just typos; it is apronoun pronounced /ʎɨ/. Frequency #322 among 581 “L” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

lhe has no tracked misspelling variants, 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", "los", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is lhe, spelled L-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    pronome pessoal dativo, de dois gêneros, da terceira pessoa do singular (ele, ela, você)
  2. 2
    forma de objeto indireto equivalente a a ele, a ela, a você, ao senhor ou à senhora
  3. 3
    forma elegante que substitui o pronome possessivo seu, dele, etc

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how lhe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Toquei-lhe nas costas.

This word in other languages

him(English)lui(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lhe"?
"lhe" is spelled L-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ʎɨ/.
What does "lhe" mean?
As a pronoun, "lhe" means: pronome pessoal dativo, de dois gêneros, da terceira pessoa do singular (ele, ela, você)
What words are commonly confused with "lhe"?
"lhe" is commonly confused with "ls", "ló", "los". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lhe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lhe" is /ʎɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lhe" come from?
"lhe" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lhe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sob#320mal#319and#303fui#365

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list