Which to use
“lenço” and “lente” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,847
- “lenço” frequency rank
- #9,881
- “lente” frequency rank
- 25728
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lenço | lente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pedaço de pano quadrado que serve para: | professor universitário |
Where the eye mixes lenço and lente
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: lenço vs lente
A purely visual mix-up. lenço (/ˈlẽ.su/) 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 25728, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lenço is recorded at frequency rank #15,847, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈlẽ.su/. 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 25728, this pair ranks #43,535 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lenço vs lente
Shared letters: eln. Private to "lenço": oç. Private to "lente": t.
"lenço" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "lente" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lente ← elnte · lenet · lennte · lentte · letne · llente · lnete
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lenço" for "lente" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "lenço" or "lente" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "lenço" and "lente" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lenço" 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 #43,535 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lenço" and "lente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lenço vs lince". 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 #43,535 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.