Lagos

/[ˈlaɣ̞os]/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,194

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Lagos is aSpanishname. It means: Importante ciudad de Nigeria, que hasta 1991 fue su capital. Pronounced [ˈlaɣ̞os]. It ranks #6,194 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with los and las.

Key facts for Lagos
PropertyValue
HeadwordLagos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈlaɣ̞os]
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,194
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Lagos in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Lagos is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlaɣ̞os]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,194 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Lagos, with forms such as "algos", "laggos", and "lagoss". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "los", "las", "lao", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is Lagos, spelled L-A-G-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Importante ciudad de Nigeria, que hasta 1991 fue su capital.
  2. 2
    Apellido.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: algos,laggos,lagoss,lagso,laogs,lgaos,llagos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Lagos

Misspelling Variants of "Lagos"

algos5laggos6lagoss6lagso5laogs5lgaos5llagos6
Misspelling Variants of "Lagos"

Frequency rank: #6,194 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Lagos"?
"Lagos" is spelled L-A-G-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlaɣ̞os].
What does "Lagos" mean?
As a name, "Lagos" means: Importante ciudad de Nigeria, que hasta 1991 fue su capital.
What words are commonly confused with "Lagos"?
"Lagos" is commonly confused with "los", "las", "lao". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Lagos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lagos" is [ˈlaɣ̞os]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lagos" come from?
"Lagos" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.