levadavslevarWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: levada is a noun, levar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#5,111
“levada” frequency rank
#522
“levar” frequency rank
5633
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature levada levar
Definition ação de levar transportar consigo

Letter map: levada vs levar

Shared letters muted; letters that set levada and levar apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
levada
5 ch
levar

Role in the sentence - levada and levar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: levada is anoun and levaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5633, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

levada is recorded at frequency rank #5,111, classified as anoun, pronounced /lɨ.ˈva.dɐ/. levar is at rank #522, 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 5633, this pair ranks #68,944 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of levada vs levar

Shared letters: aelv. Private to "levada": d. Private to "levar": r.

"levada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "levar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • levadaelvada · leavda · levaad · levadda · levdaa · levvada · llevada · lveada
  • levarelvar · leavr · levarr · levra · levvar · llevar · lvear

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "levada" and "levar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "levada" is a noun and "levar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "levada" or "levar"?
"levar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #522 in our Portuguese list, against #5,111 for "levada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "levada" and "levar". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "levada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "levar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,944 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "levada" and "levar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "levar vs logar". 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 #68,944 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