lajevslasWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: laje is a noun, las is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#16,102
“laje” frequency rank
#852
“las” frequency rank
16954
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature laje las
Definition rocha plana as, pronome demonstrativo

Letter map: laje vs las

Shared letters muted; letters that set laje and las apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
laje
3 ch
las

Grammar separator: laje vs las

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: laje is anoun and lasapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16954, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

laje is recorded at frequency rank #16,102, classified as anoun. las is at rank #852, tagged as apron.

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 16954, this pair ranks #54,428 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of laje vs las

Shared letters: al. Private to "laje": ej. Private to "las": s.

"laje" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "las" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lajealje · laej · lajje · ljae · llaje

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "laje" and "las" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "laje" is a noun and "las" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "laje" vs "las" - which ranks higher?
"las" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #852 in our Portuguese list, against #16,102 for "laje". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "laje" vs "las" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "laje" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "las" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #54,428 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "laje" and "las" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laca vs laje". 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 #54,428 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