Which to use
“lente” and “lince” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,881
- “lente” frequency rank
- #40,653
- “lince” frequency rank
- 50534
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lente | lince |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | professor universitário | 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 lente and lince
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. lente and lince follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between lente and lince
A purely visual mix-up. lente (/ˈlẽ.tɨ/) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50534, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lente is recorded at frequency rank #9,881, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈlẽ.tɨ/. 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 50534, this pair ranks #14,431 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lente vs lince
Shared letters: eln. Private to "lente": t. Private to "lince": ci.
"lente" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "lince" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lente" for "lince" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "lente" or "lince" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "lente" and "lince" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lente" 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 #14,431 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lente" 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 #14,431 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.