levar vs levy, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#522
“levar” frequency rank: #11,489
“levy” frequency rank: 12011
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	levar	levy
Definition	transportar consigo	arrecadação

Letter map: levar vs levy

Shared letters muted; letters that set levar and levy apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

levar

4 ch

levy

Role in the sentence - levar and levy

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: levar is averb and levyanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12011, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

levar is recorded at frequency rank #522, classified as averb. levy is at rank #11,489, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈlɛ.vi/.

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 12011, this pair ranks #60,701 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of levar vs levy

Shared letters: elv. Private to "levar": ar. Private to "levy": y.

"levar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "levy" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

levar ← elvar · leavr · levarr · levra · levvar · llevar · lvear
levy ← elvy · levvy · levyy · leyv · llevy · lvey

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "levar" for "levy" ever safe?

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

Which is more common, "levar" or "levy"?

"levar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #522 in our Portuguese list, against #11,489 for "levy". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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Full dictionary entry for "levar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "levy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #60,701 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"levar" and "levy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "levy vs lew". 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 #60,701 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.