Which to use
“lesão” is a noun and “levado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,219
- “lesão” frequency rank
- #2,484
- “levado” frequency rank
- 7703
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lesão | levado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contusão | transportado |
Where the eye mixes lesão and levado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. lesão runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against levado's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: lesão vs levado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lesão is /lɨ.ˈzɐ̃w̃/ while levado is /leˈva.du/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7703, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lesão is recorded at frequency rank #5,219, classified as anoun, pronounced /lɨ.ˈzɐ̃w̃/. levado is at rank #2,484, tagged as anadj, pronounced /leˈva.du/.
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 7703, this pair ranks #66,371 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lesão vs levado
Shared letters: elo. Private to "lesão": sã. Private to "levado": adv.
"lesão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "levado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- levado ← elvado · leavdo · levaddo · levaod · levdao · levvado · llevado · lveado
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lesão" and "levado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "lesão" or "levado" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "lesão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "levado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,371 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lesão" and "levado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lesão vs lesma". 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 #66,371 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.