Which to use
“le” is an article and “live” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,016
- “le” frequency rank
- #1,848
- “live” frequency rank
- 3864
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | le | live |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | partícula gramatical usada antes de substantivos ou palavras substantivadas; por geral indica uma coisa em particular | que ocorre no mesmo tempo de fatos que são capturados e transmitidos |
Letter map: le vs live
Shared letters muted; letters that set le and live apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for le / live
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: le is anarticle and liveanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3864, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
le is recorded at frequency rank #2,016, classified as anarticle. live is at rank #1,848, tagged as anadj.
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 3864, this pair ranks #71,220 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of le vs live
Shared letters: el. Private to "le": -. Private to "live": iv.
"le" · 2 letters · shape CV · "live" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- live ← ilve · liev · livve · llive · lvie
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "le" and "live" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "le" or "live"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "le" and "live".
- Full dictionary entry for "le" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "live" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,220 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "le" and "live" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "le vs Lied". 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 #71,220 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.