le vs let, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“le” is an article and “let” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,016
“le” frequency rank: #6,782
“let” frequency rank: 8798
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	le	let
Definition	partícula gramatical usada antes de substantivos ou palavras substantivadas; por geral indica uma coisa em particular	obstáculo

Letter map: le vs let

Shared letters muted; letters that set le and let apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

2 ch

3 ch

let

Part-of-speech tell for le / let

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: le is anarticle and letanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “le” sits inside “let”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8798, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

le is recorded at frequency rank #2,016, classified as anarticle. let is at rank #6,782, tagged as anoun, pronounced /lɛt/ Áudio (EUA)^(fonte ?).

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 8798, this pair ranks #64,850 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of le vs let

Shared letters: el. Private to "le": -. Private to "let": t.

"le" · 2 letters · shape CV · "let" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "le" and "let" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "le" is an article and "let" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "le" or "let"?

"le" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,016 in our Portuguese list, against #6,782 for "let". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "le" and "let".

Full dictionary entry for "le" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "let" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #64,850 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"le" and "let" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "least vs let". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #64,850 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.