Which to use
“land” is a noun and “lang” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,791
- “land” frequency rank
- #17,555
- “lang” frequency rank
- 25346
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | land | lang |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | terra, solo, chão | por |
Letter map: land vs lang
Shared letters muted; letters that set land and lang apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for land / lang
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: land is anoun and langanadverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “land” becomes g in “lang”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25346, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
land is recorded at frequency rank #7,791, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈlɑnt/. lang is at rank #17,555, tagged as anadv.
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 25346, this pair ranks #43,996 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of land vs lang
Shared letters: aln. Private to "land": d. Private to "lang": g.
"land" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "lang" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "land" and "lang" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "land" vs "lang" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "land" and "lang". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "land" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lang" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,996 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "land" and "lang" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lang 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 #43,996 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.