Which to use
“leave” and “leque” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,377
- “leave” frequency rank
- #14,885
- “leque” frequency rank
- 30262
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | leave | leque |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | permissão para deixar o posto | ventarola que se abre e se fecha pela sobreposição das suas varetas |
Letter map: leave vs leque
Shared letters muted; letters that set leave and leque apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Corpus notes: leave and leque
leave and leque are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30262, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
leave is recorded at frequency rank #15,377, classified as anoun, pronounced /liːv/. leque is at rank #14,885, 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 30262, this pair ranks #38,148 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of leave vs leque
Shared letters: el. Private to "leave": av. Private to "leque": qu.
"leave" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "leque" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "leave" and "leque" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "leave" or "leque"?
What to do next
You've compared "leave" and "leque". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "leave" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "leque" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,148 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "leave" and "leque" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "least vs leave". 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 #38,148 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.