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“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.

6 ch
lápide
6 ch
latido

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?
No. They are said differently (/ˈla.pi.de/ versus /lɐ.ˈti.du/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "lápide" vs "latido" - which ranks higher?
"lápide" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,705 in our Portuguese list, against #45,912 for "latido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list