Which to use
“levada” is a noun and “levarão” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,111
- “levada” frequency rank
- #25,725
- “levarão” frequency rank
- 30836
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | levada | levarão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ação de levar | terceira pessoa do plural do futuro do indicativo do verbo levar |
Where the eye mixes levada and levarão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: levada vs levarão
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: levada is /lɨ.ˈva.dɐ/ while levarão is /le.vɐ.ˈɾãw/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30836, 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/. levarão is at rank #25,725, tagged as averb, pronounced /le.vɐ.ˈɾãw/.
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 30836, this pair ranks #37,417 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of levada vs levarão
Shared letters: aelv. Private to "levada": d. Private to "levarão": orã.
"levada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "levarão" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- levada ← elvada · leavda · levaad · levadda · levdaa · levvada · llevada · lveada
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "levada" for "levarão" ever safe?
Which is more common, "levada" or "levarão"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "levada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "levarão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,417 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "levada" and "levarão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "levada 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 #37,417 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.