lhe vs lime, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“lhe” is a pronoun and “lime” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#322
“lhe” frequency rank: #40,652
“lime” frequency rank: 40974
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	lhe	lime
Definition	pronome pessoal dativo, de dois gêneros, da terceira pessoa do singular (ele, ela, você)	verde-claro

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set lhe and lime apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

3 ch

lhe

4 ch

lime

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lhe is /ʎɨ/ while lime is /laɪm/, ouvir^(fonte ?). 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 (pronoun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40974, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lhe is recorded at frequency rank #322, classified as apron, pronounced /ʎɨ/. lime is at rank #40,652, tagged as anadj, pronounced /laɪm/, ouvir^(fonte ?).

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 40974, this pair ranks #25,045 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of lhe vs lime

Shared letters: el. Private to "lhe": h. Private to "lime": im.

"lhe" · 3 letters · shape CCV · "lime" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

lime ← ilme · liem · limme · llime · lmie

Frequency comparison

lhe#322

lime#40,652

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "lhe" and "lime" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lhe" is a pronoun and "lime" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "lhe" or "lime"?

"lhe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #322 in our Portuguese list, against #40,652 for "lime". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering lhe vs lime

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a pronoun, it's “lhe”; for an adjective, it's “lime”.
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