laboral

adj

The verdict

“laboral” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #20,926 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.

#20,926
frequency rank, Portuguese
7
letters
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - o mesmo que trabalhista

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

laboral vs lateral
71% similar
laboral vs liberal
71% similar
laboral vs labor
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for laboral
PropertyValue
Headwordlaboral
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,926
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “laboral” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). laboral lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for laboral is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #20,926 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "o mesmo que trabalhista".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for laboral, with forms such as "alboral", "labboral", and "laboarl". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "lateral", "liberal", "labor", 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. The correct Portuguese form is laboral, spelled L-A-B-O-R-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    o mesmo que trabalhista

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alboral,labboral,laboarl,laborall,laborla,laborral,labroal,laobral,lbaoral,llaboral

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of laboral - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

alboral2labboral1laboarl2laborall1laborla2laborral1labroal2laobral2
Edit distance from "laboral"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "laboral"?
"laboral" is spelled L-A-B-O-R-A-L.
What does "laboral" mean?
As an adjective, "laboral" means: o mesmo que trabalhista
What words are commonly confused with "laboral"?
"laboral" is commonly confused with "lateral", "liberal", "labor". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "laboral" come from?
"laboral" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “laboral”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is L-A-B-O-R-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “lateral” - see the side-by-side comparison. laboral vs lateral
  • 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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list