landvslasConfusable pair

Quick tell: land is a noun, las is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“land” is a noun and “las” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,791
“land” frequency rank
#852
“las” frequency rank
8643
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature land las
Definition terra, solo, chão as, pronome demonstrativo

Letter map: land vs las

Shared letters muted; letters that set land and las apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
land
3 ch
las

Part-of-speech tell for land / las

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: land is anoun and lasapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8643, 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/. las is at rank #852, tagged as apron.

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 8643, this pair ranks #65,065 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of land vs las

Shared letters: al. Private to "land": dn. Private to "las": s.

"land" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "las" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • landalnd · ladn · landd · lannd · lland · lnad

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "land" and "las" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "land" is a noun and "las" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "land" vs "las" - which ranks higher?
"las" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #852 in our Portuguese list, against #7,791 for "land". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "land" vs "las" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "land" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "las" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #65,065 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "land" and "las" 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 #65,065 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