le vs Lev, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#2,016
“le” frequency rank: #29,411
“Lev” frequency rank: 31427
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	le	Lev
Definition	partícula gramatical usada antes de substantivos ou palavras substantivadas; por geral indica uma coisa em particular	Leão, quinto signo do zodíaco

Letter map: le vs Lev

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

2 ch

3 ch

Lev

Part-of-speech tell for le / Lev

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: le is anarticle and Levanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “le” sits inside “Lev”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

le is recorded at frequency rank #2,016, classified as anarticle. Lev is at rank #29,411, tagged as anoun, pronounced /lɛu̯/.

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 31427, this pair ranks #36,657 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of le vs Lev

Shared letters: el. Private to "le": -. Private to "Lev": v.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "le" and "Lev" be used interchangeably?

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

Frequency check: "le" vs "Lev" - which ranks higher?

"le" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,016 in our Portuguese list, against #29,411 for "Lev". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "le" vs "Lev" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "le" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Lev" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #36,657 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"le" and "Lev" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lev vs Lied". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #36,657 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.