letovslevyWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“leto” and “levy” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#33,915
“leto” frequency rank
#11,489
“levy” frequency rank
45404
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature leto levy
Definition verão: arrecadação

Letter map: leto vs levy

Shared letters muted; letters that set leto and levy apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
leto
4 ch
levy

Pair insight - leto / levy

leto and levy are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45404, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

leto is recorded at frequency rank #33,915, classified as anoun. levy is at rank #11,489, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈlɛ.vi/.

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 45404, this pair ranks #19,999 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of leto vs levy

Shared letters: el. Private to "leto": ot. Private to "levy": vy.

"leto" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "levy" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • letoelto · leot · letto · lleto · lteo
  • levyelvy · levvy · levyy · leyv · llevy · lvey

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "leto" for "levy" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "leto" vs "levy" - which ranks higher?
"levy" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,489 in our Portuguese list, against #33,915 for "leto". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "leto" and "levy". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "leto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "levy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #19,999 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "leto" and "levy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leto vs ludo". 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 #19,999 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list