leva vs levas, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“leva” is a noun and “levas” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#870
“leva” frequency rank: #25,726
“levas” frequency rank: 26596
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	leva	levas
Definition	ato de levantar a âncora	segunda pessoa do singular do presente indicativo do verbo levar

Letter map: leva vs levas

Shared letters muted; letters that set leva and levas apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

4 ch

leva

5 ch

levas

Grammar separator: leva vs levas

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: leva is anoun and levasaverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “leva” sits inside “levas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26596, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

leva is recorded at frequency rank #870, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈlɛ.vɐ/. 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 26596, this pair ranks #42,537 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of leva vs levas

Shared letters: aelv. Private to "leva": -. Private to "levas": s.

"leva" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "levas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

leva ← elva · leav · levva · lleva · lvea
levas ← elvas · leavs · levass · levsa · levvas · llevas · lveas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "leva" and "levas" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "leva" is a noun and "levas" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "leva" or "levas"?

"leva" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #870 in our Portuguese list, against #25,726 for "levas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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Full dictionary entry for "leva" 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 #42,537 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"leva" 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 #42,537 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.