lisovslivroWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: liso is a adjective, livro is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#11,493
“liso” frequency rank
#378
“livro” frequency rank
11871
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature liso livro
Definition que é sem asperezas, pregas, rugas objeto feito de várias folhas de papel, organizadas em ordem e contendo um texto

Letter map: liso vs livro

Shared letters muted; letters that set liso and livro apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. liso runs 4 letters (CVCV) against livro's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
liso
5 ch
livro

Grammar separator: liso vs livro

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: liso is anadjective and livroanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11871, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

liso is recorded at frequency rank #11,493, classified as anadj. livro is at rank #378, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈli.vɾu/.

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 11871, this pair ranks #60,883 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of liso vs livro

Shared letters: ilo. Private to "liso": s. Private to "livro": rv.

"liso" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "livro" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • liso ← ilso · lios · lisso · lliso · lsio
  • livro ← ilvro · lirvo · livor · livrro · livvro · llivro · lviro

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "liso" for "livro" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "liso" is an adjective and "livro" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "liso" vs "livro" - which ranks higher?
"livro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #378 in our Portuguese list, against #11,493 for "liso". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "liso" and "livro".

  • Full dictionary entry for "liso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "livro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #60,883 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "liso" and "livro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "liso vs ludo". 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 #60,883 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