Which to use
“lenço” and “lince” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,847
- “lenço” frequency rank
- #40,653
- “lince” frequency rank
- 56500
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lenço | lince |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pedaço de pano quadrado que serve para: | designação comum a três espécies de mamíferos do gênero Felis, da família dos felídeos, com cauda curta ou muito curta e tufos de pelos nas orelhas |
Where the eye mixes lenço and lince
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. lenço and lince follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: lenço vs lince
A purely visual mix-up. lenço (/ˈlẽ.su/) and lince (/ˈlĩ.sɨ/) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56500, 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/. lince is at rank #40,653, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈlĩ.sɨ/.
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 56500, this pair ranks #9,925 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lenço vs lince
Shared letters: eln. Private to "lenço": oç. Private to "lince": ci.
"lenço" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "lince" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lince ← ilnce · licne · lincce · linec · linnce · llince · lnice
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lenço" and "lince" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "lenço" or "lince" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "lenço" and "lince" 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 "lince" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,925 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lenço" and "lince" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lime 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 #9,925 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.