Which to use
“la” is a pronoun and “lipa” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #163
- “la” frequency rank
- #34,787
- “lipa” frequency rank
- 34950
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | la | lipa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mesmo que a, utilizado em ênclise com verbos que terminam em -z, -r ou -s | tília, árvore do gênero Tilia: |
Letter map: la vs lipa
Shared letters muted; letters that set la and lipa apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for la / lipa
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: la is apronoun and lipaanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34950, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
la is recorded at frequency rank #163, classified as apron. lipa is at rank #34,787, tagged as anoun.
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 34950, this pair ranks #32,197 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of la vs lipa
Shared letters: al. Private to "la": -. Private to "lipa": ip.
"la" · 2 letters · shape CV · "lipa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lipa ← ilpa · liap · lippa · llipa · lpia
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "la" and "lipa" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "la" or "lipa" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "la" vs "lipa" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "la" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lipa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,197 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "la" and "lipa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "liana vs lipa". 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 #32,197 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.