lhes

pron

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,095

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

lhes is aPortuguesepron. It means: pronome pessoal dativo, de dois gêneros, da terceira pessoa do plural (eles, elas, vocês) It ranks #1,095 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with ls and los.

Key facts for lhes
PropertyValue
Headwordlhes
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPron
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,095
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of lhes in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for lhes is 4 letters long, classified as apron. Corpus data places it at rank #1,095 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for lhes, with forms such as "hles", "lehs", and "lhess". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "ls", "los", "lie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is lhes, spelled L-H-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    pronome pessoal dativo, de dois gêneros, da terceira pessoa do plural (eles, elas, vocês)
  2. 2
    forma de objeto indireto equivalente a "a elas", "a eles", "a vocês", "às senhoras" ou "aos senhores"

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hles,lehs,lhess,lhhes,lhse,llhes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lhes

Misspelling Variants of "lhes"

hles4lehs4lhess5lhhes5lhse4llhes5
Misspelling Variants of "lhes"

Frequency rank: #1,095 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lhes"?
"lhes" is spelled L-H-E-S.
What does "lhes" mean?
As a pron, "lhes" means: pronome pessoal dativo, de dois gêneros, da terceira pessoa do plural (eles, elas, vocês)
What words are commonly confused with "lhes"?
"lhes" is commonly confused with "ls", "los", "lie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "lhes" come from?
"lhes" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter L in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.