Which to use
“leme” is a noun and “live” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,478
- “leme” frequency rank
- #1,848
- “live” frequency rank
- 14326
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | leme | live |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | superfície plana na parte traseira de um barco ou de um avião e que serve para os dirigir | que ocorre no mesmo tempo de fatos que são capturados e transmitidos |
Letter map: leme vs live
Shared letters muted; letters that set leme and live apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for leme / live
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: leme is anoun and liveanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14326, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
leme is recorded at frequency rank #12,478, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈlɛ.mɨ/. 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 14326, this pair ranks #57,799 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of leme vs live
Shared letters: el. Private to "leme": m. Private to "live": iv.
"leme" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "live" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "leme" for "live" ever safe?
Frequency check: "leme" vs "live" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "leme" vs "live" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "leme" 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 #57,799 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "leme" and "live" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Leben vs leme". 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 #57,799 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.