Which to use
“lance” and “lince” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,335
- “lance” frequency rank
- #40,653
- “lince” frequency rank
- 43988
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lance | lince |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | jogada (em evento esportivo, por exemplo) | designação comum a três espécies de mamíferos do gênero Felis, da família dos felídeos, com cauda curta ou muito curta e tufos de pelos nas orelhas |
Letter map: lance vs lince
Shared letters muted; letters that set lance and lince apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Spelling & dictionary notes on lance vs lince
lance and lince 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 a single letter - a in “lance” becomes i in “lince”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43988, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lance is recorded at frequency rank #3,335, classified as anoun. lince is at rank #40,653, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈlĩ.sɨ/.
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 43988, this pair ranks #21,574 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lance vs lince
Shared letters: celn. Private to "lance": a. Private to "lince": i.
"lance" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "lince" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "lance" and "lince". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "lance" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lince" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,574 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lance" and "lince" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lime vs lince". 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 #21,574 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.