Which to use
“lápide” and “latido” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,705
- “lápide” frequency rank
- #45,912
- “latido” frequency rank
- 70617
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lápide | latido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pedra com uma inscrição comemorativa de um facto notável ou que celebra a memória de alguém. | o ladrar do cão |
Where the eye mixes lápide and latido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. lápide and latido follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses lápide with latido
A purely visual mix-up. lápide (/ˈla.pi.de/) and latido (/lɐ.ˈti.du/) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70617, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lápide is recorded at frequency rank #24,705, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈla.pi.de/. latido is at rank #45,912, tagged as anoun, pronounced /lɐ.ˈti.du/.
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 70617, this pair ranks #3,568 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lápide vs latido
Shared letters: dil. Private to "lápide": epá. Private to "latido": aot.
"lápide" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "latido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- latido ← altido · laitdo · latdio · latiddo · latiod · lattido · llatido · ltaido
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lápide" and "latido" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "lápide" vs "latido" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "lápide" and "latido" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lápide" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "latido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,568 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lápide" and "latido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "latido vs latir". 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 #3,568 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.