lacaio
/lɐ.ˈkaj.u/
The verdict
“lacaio” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,604 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,604
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - criado
Corpus desk
Index PT-lacaio · lacaio · Portuguese
lacaio · rank #50,604 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,604
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH langue
Nearest frequency peer: langue (+3 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 “lacaio”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- irreverência
irreverência
49,423 corpus weight
- irritável
irritável
49,422 corpus weight
- jari
jari
49,416 corpus weight
- lacaio
lacaio
49,397 corpus weight
- langue
langue
49,394 corpus weight
- leer
leer
49,391 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “lacaio” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lacaio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /lɐ.ˈkaj.u/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,604 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “lacaio” em português
Rare enough to double-check
lacaio is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,604 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /lɐ.ˈkaj.u/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lacaio, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is lacaio, spelled L-A-C-A-I-O.
Definition
- 1criado
- 2pessoa sem dignidade
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).