Which to use
“le” is an article and “love” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,016
- “le” frequency rank
- #1,849
- “love” frequency rank
- 3865
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | le | love |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | partícula gramatical usada antes de substantivos ou palavras substantivadas; por geral indica uma coisa em particular | amor |
Letter map: le vs love
Shared letters muted; letters that set le and love apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: le vs love
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: le is anarticle and loveanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3865, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
le is recorded at frequency rank #2,016, classified as anarticle. love is at rank #1,849, tagged as anoun.
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 3865, this pair ranks #71,216 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of le vs love
Shared letters: el. Private to "le": -. Private to "love": ov.
"le" · 2 letters · shape CV · "love" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- love ← llove · loev · lovve · lvoe · olve
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "le" and "love" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "le" or "love" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "le" and "love".
- Full dictionary entry for "le" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "love" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,216 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "le" and "love" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loch vs love". 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 #71,216 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.