landvsLiedWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“land” and “Lied” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,791
“land” frequency rank
#47,456
“Lied” frequency rank
55247
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature land Lied
Definition terra, solo, chão canção

Where the eye mixes land and Lied

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
land
4 ch
Lied

Visual trap between land and Lied

A purely visual mix-up. land (/ˈlɑnt/) and Lied (/liːt/ ouvir^(fonte ?)) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55247, 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/. Lied is at rank #47,456, tagged as anoun, pronounced /liːt/ ouvir^(fonte ?).

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 55247, this pair ranks #10,711 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of land vs Lied

Shared letters: dl. Private to "land": an. Private to "Lied": ei.

"land" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Lied" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • landalnd · ladn · landd · lannd · lland · lnad
  • Liediled · leid · liedd · llied

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "land" for "Lied" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ˈlɑnt/ versus /liːt/ ouvir^(fonte ?)) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "land" vs "Lied" - which ranks higher?
"land" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,791 in our Portuguese list, against #47,456 for "Lied". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "land" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Lied" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #10,711 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "land" and "Lied" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lied vs lime". 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 #10,711 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