lazo
[ˈlaso]
The verdict
“lazo” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #9,483 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,483
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Trenza formada con tientos de cuero vacuno de cuatro, seis y hasta ocho ramales de diez a doce brazas de largo; en una de sus extremidades llamada llapa -generalmente de uno o dos ramales más que e...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lazo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaso] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #9,483 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lazo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for lazo is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlaso]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,483 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Trenza formada con tientos de cuero vacuno de cuatro, seis y hasta ocho ramales de diez a doce brazas de largo; en una de sus extremidades llamada llapa -generalmente de uno o dos ramales más que e...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for lazo, with forms such as "alzo", "laoz", and "lazzo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lo", "luz", "lio", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is lazo, spelled L-A-Z-O.
Definition
- 1Trenza formada con tientos de cuero vacuno de cuatro, seis y hasta ocho ramales de diez a doce brazas de largo; en una de sus extremidades llamada llapa -generalmente de uno o dos ramales más que el resto- se asegura una argolla de fierro o de bronce para formar la armada que se escurra rápidamente una vez arrojada a brazo sobre el animal que se quiere enlazar. La armada se revolea por encima de la cabeza sosteniendo el resto en rollos concéntricos con la izquierda. En el extremo opuesto termina el lazo en una presilla de lonja la cual sirve para que no se escurra de la mano cuando se trabaja de a pie o para asegurarla en la sidera de la cincha cuando se trabaja a caballo. El formado por cuatro o más ramales de tientos trenzados es lo que propiamente se llama lazo entre nosotros, distinguiéndose así de otro más corto y resistente compuesto de una o dos tiras gruesas de cuero retorcidas al cual se denomina sobeo o lazo pampa.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: alzo,laoz,lazzo,llazo,lzao
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lazo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “lazo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-A-Z-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈlaso] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “lo” - see the side-by-side comparison. lazo vs lo
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.