Which to use
“late” is a verb and “latim” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,276
- “late” frequency rank
- #9,210
- “latim” frequency rank
- 21486
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | late | latim |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | terceira pessoa do presente do indicativo do verbo latir | 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: late vs latim
Shared letters muted; letters that set late and latim apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. late runs 4 letters (CVCV) against latim's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - late and latim
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: late is averb and latimanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21486, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
late is recorded at frequency rank #12,276, classified as averb. 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 21486, this pair ranks #48,756 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of late vs latim
Shared letters: alt. Private to "late": e. Private to "latim": im.
"late" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "latim" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "late" for "latim" ever safe?
Which is more common, "late" or "latim"?
Useful next steps
Pair "late" vs "latim" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "late" 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 #48,756 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "late" and "latim" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laca vs late". 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 #48,756 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.