goma-laca

noun

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

Key facts for goma-laca
PropertyValue
Headwordgoma-laca
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “goma-laca” sits in Portuguese frequency

goma-laca falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    resina produzida por uma espécie de pulgão que pode ser usada na fabricação de vernizes

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "goma-laca"?
"goma-laca" is spelled G-O-M-A---L-A-C-A.
What does "goma-laca" mean?
As a noun, "goma-laca" means: resina produzida por uma espécie de pulgão que pode ser usada na fabricação de vernizes
What language does "goma-laca" come from?
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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.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list