lhes vs ls, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#1,095
“lhes” frequency rank: #27,923
“ls” frequency rank: 29018
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	lhes	ls
Definition	pronome pessoal dativo, de dois gêneros, da terceira pessoa do plural (eles, elas, vocês)	os, artigo definido masculino plural:

Where the spellings diverge

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

4 ch

lhes

2 ch

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lhes is apronoun and lsanarticle. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29018, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lhes is recorded at frequency rank #1,095, classified as apron. 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 29018, this pair ranks #39,714 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of lhes vs ls

Shared letters: ls. Private to "lhes": eh. Private to "ls": -.

"lhes" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "ls" · 2 letters · shape CC

Known mistypes of this pair

lhes ← hles · lehs · lhess · lhhes · lhse · llhes

Frequency comparison

lhes#1,095

ls#27,923

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "lhes" and "ls" be used interchangeably?

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

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

"lhes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,095 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.

Remembering lhes vs ls

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a pronoun, it's “lhes”; for an article, it's “ls”.
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