lac
/lak/
The verdict
“lac” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,411 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,411
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lago:
Corpus desk
Index PT-lac · lac · Portuguese
lac · rank #53,411 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,411
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH lagar
Nearest frequency peer: lagar (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “lac”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Izabela
Izabela
46,613 corpus weight
- jacket
jacket
46,612 corpus weight
- jardineira
jardineira
46,610 corpus weight
- Kauan
Kauan
46,597 corpus weight
- lac
lac
46,590 corpus weight
- lagar
lagar
46,589 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “lac” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lac |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /lak/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #53,411 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “lac” em português
Rare enough to double-check
lac is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,411 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /lak/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "lago:".
No generated misspelling entries exist for lac in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is lac, spelled L-A-C.
Definition
- 1lago:
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lac appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J'ai une maison au bord du lac.
Synonyms
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.
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