levasvsLucasTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#25,726
“levas” frequency rank
#2,199
“Lucas” frequency rank
27925
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature levas Lucas
Definition segunda pessoa do singular do presente indicativo do verbo levar Lucas

Letter map: levas vs Lucas

Shared letters muted; letters that set levas and Lucas apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
levas
5 ch
Lucas

Role in the sentence - levas and Lucas

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: levas is averb and Lucasanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27925, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

levas is recorded at frequency rank #25,726, classified as averb. Lucas is at rank #2,199, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈlu.kas/.

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 27925, this pair ranks #40,989 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of levas vs Lucas

Shared letters: als. Private to "levas": ev. Private to "Lucas": cu.

"levas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Lucas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • levaselvas · leavs · levass · levsa · levvas · llevas · lveas
  • Lucaslcuas · llucas · luacs · lucass · luccas · lucsa · ulcas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "levas" for "Lucas" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "levas" is a verb and "Lucas" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "levas" or "Lucas"?
"Lucas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,199 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.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "levas" and "Lucas".

  • Full dictionary entry for "levas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Lucas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #40,989 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "levas" and "Lucas" 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 #40,989 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