lanevslasTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#9,517
“lane” frequency rank
#852
“las” frequency rank
10369
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lane las
Definition alameda as, pronome demonstrativo

Letter map: lane vs las

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

4 ch
lane
3 ch
las

Grammar separator: lane vs las

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lane is anoun and lasapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10369, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lane is recorded at frequency rank #9,517, classified as anoun, pronounced /leɪn/. 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 10369, this pair ranks #62,757 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of lane vs las

Shared letters: al. Private to "lane": en. Private to "las": s.

"lane" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "las" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lanealne · laen · lanne · llane · lnae

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "lane" and "las" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lane" is a noun and "las" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "lane" or "las" show up more?
"las" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #852 in our Portuguese list, against #9,517 for "lane". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "lane" and "las". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lane" 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 #62,757 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lane" and "las" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lane 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 #62,757 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