LevvslosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Lev is a noun, los is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Lev” is a noun and “los” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,411
“Lev” frequency rank
#394
“los” frequency rank
29805
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Lev los
Definition Leão, quinto signo do zodíaco os, pronome demonstrativo

Letter map: Lev vs los

Shared letters muted; letters that set Lev and los apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
Lev
3 ch
los

Part-of-speech tell for Lev / los

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Lev is anoun and losapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29805, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Lev is recorded at frequency rank #29,411, classified as anoun, pronounced /lɛu̯/. los is at rank #394, tagged as apron.

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 29805, this pair ranks #38,767 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Lev vs los

Shared letters: l. Private to "Lev": ev. Private to "los": os.

"Lev" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "los" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Lev" for "los" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Lev" is a noun and "los" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "Lev" or "los" show up more?
"los" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #394 in our Portuguese list, against #29,411 for "Lev". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "Lev" vs "los" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Lev" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "los" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #38,767 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Lev" and "los" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lev vs Lied". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #38,767 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