lhesvsLiedTell them apart

Quick tell: lhes is a pronoun, Lied is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“lhes” is a pronoun and “Lied” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,095
“lhes” frequency rank
#47,456
“Lied” frequency rank
48551
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lhes Lied
Definition pronome pessoal dativo, de dois gêneros, da terceira pessoa do plural (eles, elas, vocês) canção

Letter map: lhes vs Lied

Shared letters muted; letters that set lhes and Lied apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. lhes (CCVC) and Lied (CVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
lhes
4 ch
Lied

Role in the sentence - lhes and Lied

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lhes is apronoun and Liedanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48551, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lhes is recorded at frequency rank #1,095, classified as apron. Lied is at rank #47,456, tagged as anoun, pronounced /liːt/ 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 48551, this pair ranks #16,613 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of lhes vs Lied

Shared letters: el. Private to "lhes": hs. Private to "Lied": di.

"lhes" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "Lied" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lhes ← hles · lehs · lhess · lhhes · lhse · llhes
  • Lied ← iled · leid · liedd · llied

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "lhes" and "Lied" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lhes" is a pronoun and "Lied" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "lhes" vs "Lied" - which ranks higher?
"lhes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,095 in our Portuguese list, against #47,456 for "Lied". 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 "lhes" and "Lied".

  • Full dictionary entry for "lhes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Lied" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #16,613 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lhes" and "Lied" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lied vs lime". 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 #16,613 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