Which to use
“lápide” and “lide” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,705
- “lápide” frequency rank
- #23,388
- “lide” frequency rank
- 48093
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lápide | lide |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pedra com uma inscrição comemorativa de um facto notável ou que celebra a memória de alguém. | trabalho árduo |
Where the eye mixes lápide and lide
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. lápide runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against lide's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses lápide with lide
A purely visual mix-up. lápide (/ˈla.pi.de/) and lide (/ˈli.dɨ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48093, 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/. lide is at rank #23,388, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈli.dɨ/.
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 48093, this pair ranks #17,114 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lápide vs lide
Shared letters: deil. Private to "lápide": pá. Private to "lide": -.
"lápide" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "lide" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lide ← ilde · ldie · lidde · llide
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lápide" for "lide" ever safe?
Frequency check: "lápide" vs "lide" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "lápide" and "lide" 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 "lide" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,114 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lápide" and "lide" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lide vs ludo". 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 #17,114 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.