larvslevarWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: lar is a noun, levar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

3 ch
lar
5 ch
levar

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

  • levarelvar · leavr · levarr · levra · levvar · llevar · lvear

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "lar" and "levar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lar" is a noun and "levar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "lar" vs "levar" - which ranks higher?
"levar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #522 in our Portuguese list, against #3,089 for "lar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list