lasvslevasTell them apart

Quick tell: las is a pronoun, levas is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“las” is a pronoun and “levas” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#852
“las” frequency rank
#25,726
“levas” frequency rank
26578
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature las levas
Definition as, pronome demonstrativo segunda pessoa do singular do presente indicativo do verbo levar

Letter map: las vs levas

Shared letters muted; letters that set las and levas apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
las
5 ch
levas

Part-of-speech tell for las / levas

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: las is apronoun and levasaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26578, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

las is recorded at frequency rank #852, classified as apron. levas is at rank #25,726, 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 26578, this pair ranks #42,563 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of las vs levas

Shared letters: als. Private to "las": -. Private to "levas": ev.

"las" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "levas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • levaselvas · leavs · levass · levsa · levvas · llevas · lveas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "las" for "levas" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "las" is a pronoun and "levas" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "las" or "levas" show up more?
"las" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #852 in our Portuguese list, against #25,726 for "levas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "las" and "levas".

  • Full dictionary entry for "las" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "levas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #42,563 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "las" and "levas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "least vs levas". 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 #42,563 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