letovsloboWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#33,915
“leto” frequency rank
#4,408
“lobo” frequency rank
38323
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature leto lobo
Definition verão: parte saliente de um órgão; porção de um órgão

Letter map: leto vs lobo

Shared letters muted; letters that set leto and lobo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. leto and lobo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
leto
4 ch
lobo

Corpus notes: leto and lobo

leto and lobo 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 38323, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

leto is recorded at frequency rank #33,915, classified as anoun. lobo is at rank #4,408, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈlɔ.bʊ/.

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 38323, this pair ranks #28,150 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of leto vs lobo

Shared letters: lo. Private to "leto": et. Private to "lobo": b.

"leto" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "lobo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • leto ← elto · leot · letto · lleto · lteo
  • lobo ← lboo · llobo · lobbo · loob · olbo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "leto" and "lobo" be used interchangeably?
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 "lobo" - which ranks higher?
"lobo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,408 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "leto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lobo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,150 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "leto" and "lobo" 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 #28,150 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