Which to use
“lagos” is a noun and “largo” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,421
- “lagos” frequency rank
- #36,925
- “largo” frequency rank
- 63346
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lagos | largo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vin portugais d’appellation contrôlée produit dans la ville de Lagos. | Très lentement. On le met en tête d’un morceau de musique pour indiquer qu’on doit le jouer très lentement. |
Where the eye mixes lagos and largo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. lagos (CVCVC) and largo (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses lagos with largo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lagos is \la.ɡos\ while largo is \laʁ.ɡo\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63346, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lagos is recorded at frequency rank #26,421, classified as anoun, pronounced \la.ɡos\. largo is at rank #36,925, tagged as anadv, pronounced \laʁ.ɡo\.
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 63346, this pair ranks #82,418 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lagos vs largo
Shared letters: aglo. Private to "lagos": s. Private to "largo": r.
"lagos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "largo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lagos" and "largo" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "lagos" vs "largo" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "lagos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "largo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #82,418 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lagos" and "largo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "largo vs longo". 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 #82,418 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.