# late vs lente

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### late
*verb · frequency rank #12,276*
terceira pessoa do presente do indicativo do verbo latir

### lente
*noun · IPA /ˈlẽ.tɨ/ · frequency rank #9,881*
professor universitário

## Source
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