Which to use
“lebre” and “lente” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,704
- “lebre” frequency rank
- #9,881
- “lente” frequency rank
- 32585
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lebre | lente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mamífero da família Leporidae, parente do coelho, maior e mais rápido que este; seu macho é o lebrão | professor universitário |
Where the eye mixes lebre and lente
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. lebre and lente follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: lebre vs lente
A purely visual mix-up. lebre ([ˈlɛ.bɾi]) and lente (/ˈlẽ.tɨ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32585, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lebre is recorded at frequency rank #22,704, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈlɛ.bɾi]. lente is at rank #9,881, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈlẽ.tɨ/.
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 32585, this pair ranks #35,179 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lebre vs lente
Shared letters: el. Private to "lebre": br. Private to "lente": nt.
"lebre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "lente" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lebre" and "lente" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "lebre" or "lente" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "lebre" and "lente" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lebre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,179 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lebre" and "lente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Leben vs lebre". 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 #35,179 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.