Which to use
“lane” is a noun and “longe” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,517
- “lane” frequency rank
- #689
- “longe” frequency rank
- 10206
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lane | longe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | alameda | distante |
Letter map: lane vs longe
Shared letters muted; letters that set lane and longe apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for lane / longe
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lane is anoun and longeanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10206, 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/. longe is at rank #689, tagged as anadj.
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 10206, this pair ranks #62,966 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lane vs longe
Shared letters: eln. Private to "lane": a. Private to "longe": go.
"lane" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "longe" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lane" for "longe" ever safe?
Frequency check: "lane" vs "longe" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "lane" and "longe".
- Full dictionary entry for "lane" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "longe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,966 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lane" and "longe" 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 #62,966 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.