Which to use
“lince” and “lise” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,653
- “lince” frequency rank
- #39,238
- “lise” frequency rank
- 79891
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lince | lise |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | redução gradativa do estado febril e de seus sintomas |
Where the eye mixes lince and lise
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. lince runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against lise's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: lince vs lise
A purely visual mix-up. lince (/ˈlĩ.sɨ/) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79891, 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/. 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 79891, this pair ranks #1,425 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lince vs lise
Shared letters: eil. Private to "lince": cn. Private to "lise": s.
"lince" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "lise" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lince" for "lise" ever safe?
Frequency check: "lince" vs "lise" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "lince" 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 #1,425 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lince" and "lise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lied vs lise". 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 #1,425 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.