Which to use
“las” is a pronoun and “lose” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #852
- “las” frequency rank
- #27,921
- “lose” frequency rank
- 28773
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | las | lose |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | as, pronome demonstrativo | frouxo |
Letter map: las vs lose
Shared letters muted; letters that set las and lose apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for las / lose
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: las is apronoun and loseanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28773, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
las is recorded at frequency rank #852, classified as apron. lose is at rank #27,921, tagged as anadj.
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 28773, this pair ranks #40,015 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of las vs lose
Shared letters: ls. Private to "las": a. Private to "lose": eo.
"las" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "lose" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lose ← llose · loes · losse · lsoe · olse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "las" for "lose" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "las" or "lose" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "las" and "lose". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "las" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lose" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,015 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "las" and "lose" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loch vs lose". 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 #40,015 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.