Which to use
“lar” is a noun and “levar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,089
- “lar” frequency rank
- #522
- “levar” frequency rank
- 3611
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lar | levar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | residência, habitação | transportar consigo |
Letter map: lar vs levar
Shared letters muted; letters that set lar and levar apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for lar / levar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lar is anoun and levaraverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3611, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lar is recorded at frequency rank #3,089, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈlaɾ/. levar is at rank #522, tagged as averb.
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 3611, this pair ranks #71,496 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lar vs levar
Shared letters: alr. Private to "lar": -. Private to "levar": ev.
"lar" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "levar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- levar ← elvar · leavr · levarr · levra · levvar · llevar · lvear
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lar" and "levar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "lar" vs "levar" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "lar" and "levar". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "lar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "levar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,496 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lar" and "levar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laca vs lar". 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 #71,496 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.