lajevslideTell them apart

Which to use

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

#16,102
“laje” frequency rank
#23,388
“lide” frequency rank
39490
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature laje lide
Definition rocha plana trabalho árduo

Letter map: laje vs lide

Shared letters muted; letters that set laje and lide apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. laje and lide follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
laje
4 ch
lide

Spelling & dictionary notes on laje vs lide

laje and lide 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39490, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

laje is recorded at frequency rank #16,102, classified as anoun. lide is at rank #23,388, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈli.dɨ/.

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 39490, this pair ranks #26,747 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of laje vs lide

Shared letters: el. Private to "laje": aj. Private to "lide": di.

"laje" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "lide" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • laje ← alje · laej · lajje · ljae · llaje
  • lide ← ilde · ldie · lidde · llide

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "laje" and "lide" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "laje" vs "lide" - which ranks higher?
"laje" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,102 in our Portuguese list, against #23,388 for "lide". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "laje" and "lide". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "laje" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lide" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #26,747 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "laje" and "lide" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lide vs ludo". 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 #26,747 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