lhe vs ls, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#322
“lhe” frequency rank: #27,923
“ls” frequency rank: 28245
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	lhe	ls
Definition	pronome pessoal dativo, de dois gêneros, da terceira pessoa do singular (ele, ela, você)	os, artigo definido masculino plural:

Letter map: lhe vs ls

Shared letters muted; letters that set lhe and ls apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

lhe

2 ch

Grammar separator: lhe vs ls

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lhe is apronoun and lsanarticle. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28245, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lhe is recorded at frequency rank #322, classified as apron, pronounced /ʎɨ/. ls is at rank #27,923, tagged as anarticle.

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 28245, this pair ranks #40,577 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of lhe vs ls

Shared letters: l. Private to "lhe": eh. Private to "ls": s.

"lhe" · 3 letters · shape CCV · "ls" · 2 letters · shape CC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lhe" for "ls" ever safe?

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

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

"lhe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #322 in our Portuguese list, against #27,923 for "ls". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "lhe" and "ls". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "lhe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "ls" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #40,577 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"lhe" and "ls" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lise vs ls". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #40,577 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.