Which to use
“lose” is an adjective and “ls” is an article - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,921
- “lose” frequency rank
- #27,923
- “ls” frequency rank
- 55844
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lose | ls |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | frouxo | os, artigo definido masculino plural: |
Letter map: lose vs ls
Shared letters muted; letters that set lose and ls apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for lose / ls
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lose is anadjective and lsanarticle. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55844, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lose is recorded at frequency rank #27,921, classified as anadj. ls is at rank #27,923, tagged as anarticle.
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 55844, this pair ranks #10,340 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lose vs ls
Shared letters: ls. Private to "lose": eo. Private to "ls": -.
"lose" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "ls" · 2 letters · shape CC
Known mistypes of this pair
- lose ← llose · loes · losse · lsoe · olse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lose" for "ls" ever safe?
Frequency check: "lose" vs "ls" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "lose" vs "ls" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "lose" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ls" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,340 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lose" and "ls" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loch vs lose". 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 #10,340 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.