lajevsleaveTell them apart

Which to use

“laje” and “leave” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,102
“laje” frequency rank
#15,377
“leave” frequency rank
31479
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature laje leave
Definition rocha plana permissão para deixar o posto

Letter map: laje vs leave

Shared letters muted; letters that set laje and leave apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. laje runs 4 letters (CVCV) against leave's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
laje
5 ch
leave

Spelling & dictionary notes on laje vs leave

laje and leave are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31479, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

laje is recorded at frequency rank #16,102, classified as anoun. leave is at rank #15,377, tagged as anoun, pronounced /liːv/.

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 31479, this pair ranks #36,581 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of laje vs leave

Shared letters: ael. Private to "laje": j. Private to "leave": v.

"laje" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "leave" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • laje ← alje · laej · lajje · ljae · llaje
  • leave ← elave · laeve · leaev · leavve · levae · lleave

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "laje" and "leave" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "laje" vs "leave" - which ranks higher?
"leave" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,377 in our Portuguese list, against #16,102 for "laje". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "laje" vs "leave" 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 "leave" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #36,581 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "laje" and "leave" 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 #36,581 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