Which to use
“late” is a verb and “leste” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,276
- “late” frequency rank
- #1,051
- “leste” frequency rank
- 13327
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | late | leste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | terceira pessoa do presente do indicativo do verbo latir | um dos pontos cardeais, oposto ao oeste, equivalente ao lado direito |
Letter map: late vs leste
Shared letters muted; letters that set late and leste apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - late and leste
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: late is averb and lesteanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13327, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
late is recorded at frequency rank #12,276, classified as averb. leste is at rank #1,051, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈlɛʃ.tɨ/.
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 13327, this pair ranks #59,055 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of late vs leste
Shared letters: elt. Private to "late": a. Private to "leste": s.
"late" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "leste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "late" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "leste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,055 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "late" and "leste" 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 #59,055 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.