LiedvsliseTell them apart

Which to use

“Lied” and “lise” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#47,456
“Lied” frequency rank
#39,238
“lise” frequency rank
86694
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Lied lise
Definition canção redução gradativa do estado febril e de seus sintomas

Where the eye mixes Lied and lise

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Lied
4 ch
lise

Visual trap between Lied and lise

A purely visual mix-up. Lied (/liːt/ ouvir^(fonte ?)) and lise (/ˈli.zi/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86694, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Lied is recorded at frequency rank #47,456, classified as anoun, pronounced /liːt/ ouvir^(fonte ?). lise is at rank #39,238, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈli.zi/.

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 86694, this pair ranks #553 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Lied vs lise

Shared letters: eil. Private to "Lied": d. Private to "lise": s.

"Lied" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "lise" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Liediled · leid · liedd · llied
  • liseilse · lies · lisse · llise · lsie

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Lied" and "lise" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/liːt/ ouvir^(fonte ?) versus /ˈli.zi/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Lied" vs "lise" - which ranks higher?
"lise" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,238 in our Portuguese list, against #47,456 for "Lied". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Lied" and "lise" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Lied" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #553 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Lied" and "lise" 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 #553 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