laca

//ˈla.kɐ// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#48,502

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

laca is aPortuguesenoun. It means: resina ou goma resinosa obtida de certas árvores no Oriente Pronounced /ˈla.kɐ/. Often confused with las and lua.

Key facts for laca
PropertyValue
Headwordlaca
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈla.kɐ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#48,502
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of laca in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for laca is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈla.kɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #48,502 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for laca, with forms such as "alca", "laac", and "lacca". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "las", "lua", "lar", and more, 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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is laca, spelled L-A-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    resina ou goma resinosa obtida de certas árvores no Oriente
  2. 2
    verniz base de uma matéria produzida e aplicada, na China e no Japão, na confecção de objetos de valor; qualquer objeto revestido ou feito com esta matéria
  3. 3
    substância com que se pulveriza o cabelo para o fixar
  4. 4
    produto utilizado na pintura

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alca,laac,lacca,lcaa,llaca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for laca

Misspelling Variants of "laca"

alca4laac4lacca5lcaa4llaca5
Misspelling Variants of "laca"

Frequency rank: #48,502 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "laca"?
"laca" is spelled L-A-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈla.kɐ/.
What does "laca" mean?
As a noun, "laca" means: resina ou goma resinosa obtida de certas árvores no Oriente
What words are commonly confused with "laca"?
"laca" is commonly confused with "las", "lua", "lar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "laca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "laca" is /ˈla.kɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "laca" come from?
"laca" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter L in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.