goma-laca
The verdict
“goma-laca” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - resina produzida por uma espécie de pulgão que pode ser usada na fabricação de vernizes
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | goma-laca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “goma-laca” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
goma-laca is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "resina produzida por uma espécie de pulgão que pode ser usada na fabricação de vernizes".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for goma-laca, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is goma-laca, spelled G-O-M-A---L-A-C-A.
Definition
- 1resina produzida por uma espécie de pulgão que pode ser usada na fabricação de vernizes
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “goma-laca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-O-M-A---L-A-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.