Reis vs reles, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#3,514
“Reis” frequency rank: #45,062
“reles” frequency rank: 48576
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Reis	reles
Definition	sobrenome comum em português	ordinário

Letter map: Reis vs reles

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

4 ch

Reis

5 ch

reles

Grammar separator: Reis vs reles

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Reis is anoun and relesanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48576, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Reis is recorded at frequency rank #3,514, classified as anoun. reles is at rank #45,062, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈχɛ.lis/.

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 48576, this pair ranks #16,598 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Reis vs reles

Shared letters: ers. Private to "Reis": i. Private to "reles": l.

"Reis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "reles" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

Reis ← eris · reiss · resi · ries · rreis
reles ← erles · reels · reless · relles · relse · rlees · rreles

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Reis" and "reles" be used interchangeably?

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

Frequency check: "Reis" vs "reles" - which ranks higher?

"Reis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,514 in our Portuguese list, against #45,062 for "reles". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "Reis" and "reles". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "Reis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "reles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #16,598 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Reis" and "reles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reger vs reles". 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 #16,598 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.