Which to use
“lance” and “land” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,335
- “lance” frequency rank
- #7,791
- “land” frequency rank
- 11126
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lance | land |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | jogada (em evento esportivo, por exemplo) | terra, solo, chão |
Letter map: lance vs land
Shared letters muted; letters that set lance and land apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Corpus notes: lance and land
lance and land 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 11126, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lance is recorded at frequency rank #3,335, classified as anoun. land is at rank #7,791, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈlɑnt/.
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 11126, this pair ranks #61,793 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lance vs land
Shared letters: aln. Private to "lance": ce. Private to "land": d.
"lance" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "land" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lance" and "land" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "lance" or "land" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "lance" and "land". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "lance" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "land" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,793 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lance" and "land" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "land vs liana". 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 #61,793 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.