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“leitura” and “lisura” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,056
“leitura” frequency rank
#40,227
“lisura” frequency rank
42283
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature leitura lisura
Definition ato ou efeito de ler qualidade de liso

Letter map: leitura vs lisura

Shared letters muted; letters that set leitura and lisura apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. leitura runs 7 letters (CVVCVCV) against lisura's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
leitura
6 ch
lisura

Corpus notes: leitura and lisura

leitura and lisura 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42283, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

leitura is recorded at frequency rank #2,056, classified as anoun, pronounced /lɐj.ˈtu.ɾɐ/. lisura is at rank #40,227, 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 42283, this pair ranks #23,530 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of leitura vs lisura

Shared letters: ailru. Private to "leitura": et. Private to "lisura": s.

"leitura" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV  ·  "lisura" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • leituraelitura · leitrua · leittura · leituar · leiturra · leiutra · letiura · lietura
  • lisurailsura · lisrua · lissura · lisuar · lisurra · liusra · llisura · lsiura

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "leitura" and "lisura" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "leitura" vs "lisura" - which ranks higher?
"leitura" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,056 in our Portuguese list, against #40,227 for "lisura". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "leitura" and "lisura".

  • Full dictionary entry for "leitura" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lisura" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #23,530 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "leitura" and "lisura" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "listra vs lisura". 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 #23,530 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list