linear vs linha, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“linear” is an adjective and “linha” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,281
“linear” frequency rank: #582
“linha” frequency rank: 12863
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	linear	linha
Definition	que é referente a linhas	o que tem comprimento sem largura

Letter map: linear vs linha

Shared letters muted; letters that set linear and linha apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch

linear

5 ch

linha

Grammar separator: linear vs linha

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: linear is anadjective and linhaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12863, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

linear is recorded at frequency rank #12,281, classified as anadj. 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 12863, this pair ranks #59,608 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of linear vs linha

Shared letters: ailn. Private to "linear": er. Private to "linha": h.

"linear" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "linha" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

linear ← ilnear · lienar · linaer · linearr · linera · linnear · llinear · lniear
linha ← ilnha · lihna · linah · linhha · linnha · llinha · lniha

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "linear" and "linha" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "linear" is an adjective and "linha" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "linear" vs "linha" - which ranks higher?

"linha" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #582 in our Portuguese list, against #12,281 for "linear". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "linear" and "linha". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "linear" 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 #59,608 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"linear" and "linha" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "liana vs linha". 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 #59,608 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.