Which to use
“leave” is a noun and “live” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,377
- “leave” frequency rank
- #1,848
- “live” frequency rank
- 17225
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | leave | live |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | permissão para deixar o posto | que ocorre no mesmo tempo de fatos que são capturados e transmitidos |
Letter map: leave vs live
Shared letters muted; letters that set leave and live apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - leave and live
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: leave is anoun and liveanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17225, 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/. 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 17225, this pair ranks #54,084 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of leave vs live
Shared letters: elv. Private to "leave": a. Private to "live": i.
"leave" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "live" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "leave" for "live" ever safe?
Which is more common, "leave" or "live"?
What to do next
You've compared "leave" and "live". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "leave" 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 #54,084 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "leave" and "live" 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 #54,084 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.