Which to use
“legal” is an adjective and “levas” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #478
- “legal” frequency rank
- #25,726
- “levas” frequency rank
- 26204
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | legal | levas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | de acordo com a lei | segunda pessoa do singular do presente indicativo do verbo levar |
Letter map: legal vs levas
Shared letters muted; letters that set legal and levas apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - legal and levas
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: legal is anadjective and levasaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26204, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
legal is recorded at frequency rank #478, classified as anadj, pronounced /lɨ.ˈɡaɫ/. levas is at rank #25,726, tagged as averb.
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 26204, this pair ranks #42,984 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of legal vs levas
Shared letters: ael. Private to "legal": g. Private to "levas": sv.
"legal" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "levas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "legal" and "levas" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "legal" or "levas" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "legal" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "levas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,984 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "legal" and "levas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "least vs levas". 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 #42,984 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.