la vs leg, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“la” is a pronoun and “leg” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#163
“la” frequency rank: #33,059
“leg” frequency rank: 33222
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	la	leg
Definition	mesmo que a, utilizado em ênclise com verbos que terminam em -z, -r ou -s	perna

Letter map: la vs leg

Shared letters muted; letters that set la and leg apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

2 ch

3 ch

leg

Grammar separator: la vs leg

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: la is apronoun and leganoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33222, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

la is recorded at frequency rank #163, classified as apron. leg is at rank #33,059, tagged as anoun, pronounced /lɛɡ/.

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 33222, this pair ranks #34,344 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of la vs leg

Shared letters: l. Private to "la": a. Private to "leg": eg.

"la" · 2 letters · shape CV · "leg" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "la" for "leg" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "la" is a pronoun and "leg" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "la" vs "leg" - which ranks higher?

"la" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #163 in our Portuguese list, against #33,059 for "leg". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "la" and "leg". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "la" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "leg" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #34,344 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"la" and "leg" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leg vs Lied". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #34,344 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.