Which to use
“leg” is a noun and “leve” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,059
- “leg” frequency rank
- #1,245
- “leve” frequency rank
- 34304
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | leg | leve |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | perna | que tem pouco peso |
Where the eye mixes leg and leve
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. leg runs 3 letters (CVC) against leve's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: leg vs leve
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: leg is /lɛɡ/ while leve is /ˈlɛ.vɨ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34304, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
leg is recorded at frequency rank #33,059, classified as anoun, pronounced /lɛɡ/. leve is at rank #1,245, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈlɛ.vɨ/.
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 34304, this pair ranks #33,001 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of leg vs leve
Shared letters: el. Private to "leg": g. Private to "leve": v.
"leg" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "leve" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- leve ← elve · leev · levve · lleve · lvee
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "leg" and "leve" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "leg" vs "leve" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "leg" and "leve" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "leg" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "leve" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,001 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "leg" and "leve" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leg 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 #33,001 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.