Which to use
“lente” and “lote” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,881
- “lente” frequency rank
- #9,216
- “lote” frequency rank
- 19097
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lente | lote |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | professor universitário | objeto ou reunião de objetos que se leiloam de cada vez |
Where the eye mixes lente and lote
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses lente with lote
A purely visual mix-up. lente (/ˈlẽ.tɨ/) and lote (/ˈlɔ.tɨ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19097, 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/. lote is at rank #9,216, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈlɔ.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 19097, this pair ranks #51,734 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lente vs lote
Shared letters: elt. Private to "lente": n. Private to "lote": o.
"lente" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "lote" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lente" and "lote" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "lente" or "lote" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "lente" and "lote" 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 "lote" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,734 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lente" and "lote" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loch vs lote". 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 #51,734 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.