Which to use
“lesão” is a noun and “levas” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,219
- “lesão” frequency rank
- #25,726
- “levas” frequency rank
- 30945
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lesão | levas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contusão | segunda pessoa do singular do presente indicativo do verbo levar |
Letter map: lesão vs levas
Shared letters muted; letters that set lesão and levas apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. lesão (CVCVV) and levas (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for lesão / levas
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lesão is anoun and levasaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30945, 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/. levas is at rank #25,726, tagged as averb.
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 30945, this pair ranks #37,286 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lesão vs levas
Shared letters: els. Private to "lesão": oã. Private to "levas": av.
"lesão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "levas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- levas ← elvas · leavs · levass · levsa · levvas · llevas · lveas
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lesão" and "levas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "lesão" or "levas"?
After this comparison
Pair "lesão" vs "levas" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "lesão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "levas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,286 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lesão" and "levas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "least vs levas". 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 #37,286 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.