Which to use
“lince” is a noun and “longe” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,653
- “lince” frequency rank
- #689
- “longe” frequency rank
- 41342
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lince | longe |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | distante |
Letter map: lince vs longe
Shared letters muted; letters that set lince and longe apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - lince and longe
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lince is anoun and longeanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41342, 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/. longe is at rank #689, tagged as anadj.
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 41342, this pair ranks #24,569 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lince vs longe
Shared letters: eln. Private to "lince": ci. Private to "longe": go.
"lince" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "longe" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lince" and "longe" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "lince" or "longe"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "lince" and "longe".
- Full dictionary entry for "lince" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "longe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #24,569 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lince" and "longe" 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 #24,569 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.