Which to use
“lance” is a noun and “late” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,335
- “lance” frequency rank
- #12,276
- “late” frequency rank
- 15611
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lance | late |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | jogada (em evento esportivo, por exemplo) | terceira pessoa do presente do indicativo do verbo latir |
Letter map: lance vs late
Shared letters muted; letters that set lance and late apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for lance / late
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lance is anoun and lateaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15611, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lance is recorded at frequency rank #3,335, classified as anoun. late is at rank #12,276, tagged as averb.
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 15611, this pair ranks #56,165 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lance vs late
Shared letters: ael. Private to "lance": cn. Private to "late": t.
"lance" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "late" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lance" and "late" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "lance" or "late" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "lance" and "late".
- Full dictionary entry for "lance" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "late" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,165 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lance" and "late" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laca vs late". 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 #56,165 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.