ilesovsilsWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: ileso is a adjective, ils is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ileso” is an adjective and “ils” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,340
“ileso” frequency rank
#44,900
“ils” frequency rank
70240
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ileso ils
Definition que não é ou não está leso; que ficou incólume eles

Letter map: ileso vs ils

Shared letters muted; letters that set ileso and ils apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
ileso
3 ch
ils

Role in the sentence - ileso and ils

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ileso is anadjective and ilsapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70240, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ileso is recorded at frequency rank #25,340, classified as anadj. ils is at rank #44,900, tagged as apron, pronounced \il\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 70240, this pair ranks #3,693 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ileso vs ils

Shared letters: ils. Private to "ileso": eo. Private to "ils": -.

"ileso" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "ils" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ilesoielso · ileos · ilesso · illeso · ilseo · lieso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ileso" and "ils" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ileso" is an adjective and "ils" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "ileso" or "ils" show up more?
"ileso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,340 in our Portuguese list, against #44,900 for "ils". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "ileso" and "ils". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ileso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ils" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #3,693 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ileso" and "ils" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ils vs ino". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #3,693 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list