Which to use
“livre” is an adjective and “love” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #535
- “livre” frequency rank
- #1,849
- “love” frequency rank
- 2384
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | livre | love |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o que tem a faculdade de agir ou não agir | amor |
Letter map: livre vs love
Shared letters muted; letters that set livre and love apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. livre runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against love's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: livre vs love
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: livre is anadjective and loveanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2384, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
livre is recorded at frequency rank #535, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈli.vɾɨ/. love is at rank #1,849, tagged as anoun.
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 2384, this pair ranks #73,020 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of livre vs love
Shared letters: elv. Private to "livre": ir. Private to "love": o.
"livre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "love" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "livre" for "love" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "livre" or "love" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "livre" vs "love" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "livre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "love" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,020 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "livre" and "love" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loch vs love". 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 #73,020 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.