Which to use
“longe” is an adjective and “lote” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #689
- “longe” frequency rank
- #9,216
- “lote” frequency rank
- 9905
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | longe | lote |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | distante | objeto ou reunião de objetos que se leiloam de cada vez |
Letter map: longe vs lote
Shared letters muted; letters that set longe and lote apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for longe / lote
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: longe is anadjective and loteanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9905, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
longe is recorded at frequency rank #689, classified as anadj. lote is at rank #9,216, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈlɔ.tɨ/.
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 9905, this pair ranks #63,370 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of longe vs lote
Shared letters: elo. Private to "longe": gn. Private to "lote": t.
"longe" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "lote" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "longe" and "lote" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "longe" or "lote" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "longe" vs "lote" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "longe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lote" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,370 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "longe" and "lote" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loch vs lote". 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 #63,370 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.