Which to use
“lápis” and “latim” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,496
- “lápis” frequency rank
- #9,210
- “latim” frequency rank
- 17706
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lápis | latim |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cilindro fino de material apropriado, geralmente grafite, envolvido por uma menos fina tora de madeira usado para escrever, desenhar ou pintar: | língua indo-europeia falada no Lácio, região central da Itália, e que, com o maior poder de Roma e com o Império Romano, foi introduzida nos países conquistados, onde se instalou; do latim resultam as atuais línguas românicas ou neolatinas |
Letter map: lápis vs latim
Shared letters muted; letters that set lápis and latim apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. lápis and latim follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Pair insight - lápis / latim
lápis and latim are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17706, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lápis is recorded at frequency rank #8,496, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈla.piⁱʃ/. latim is at rank #9,210, tagged as anoun.
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 17706, this pair ranks #53,479 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lápis vs latim
Shared letters: il. Private to "lápis": psá. Private to "latim": amt.
"lápis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "latim" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- latim ← altim · laitm · latimm · latmi · lattim · llatim · ltaim
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "lápis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "latim" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,479 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lápis" and "latim" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "latido vs latim". 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 #53,479 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.