Which to use
“lince” and “linha” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,653
- “lince” frequency rank
- #582
- “linha” frequency rank
- 41235
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lince | linha |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | designação comum a três espécies de mamíferos do gênero Felis, da família dos felídeos, com cauda curta ou muito curta e tufos de pelos nas orelhas | o que tem comprimento sem largura |
Where the eye mixes lince and linha
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. lince and linha follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: lince vs linha
A purely visual mix-up. lince (/ˈlĩ.sɨ/) and linha (/ˈli.ɲɐ/) 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 41235, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lince is recorded at frequency rank #40,653, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈlĩ.sɨ/. linha is at rank #582, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈli.ɲɐ/.
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 41235, this pair ranks #24,719 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lince vs linha
Shared letters: iln. Private to "lince": ce. Private to "linha": ah.
"lince" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "linha" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "lince" and "linha" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lince" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "linha" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #24,719 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lince" and "linha" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lime vs lince". 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 #24,719 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.