laço
/ˈla.su/
The verdict
“laço” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #9,518) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #9,518
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nó que se desata facilmente
Corpus desk
Index PT-laco · laço · Portuguese
laço · rank #9,518 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,518
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH lane
Nearest frequency peer: lane (-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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “laço”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- journal
journal
90,486 corpus weight
- kurt
kurt
90,485 corpus weight
- lane
lane
90,484 corpus weight
- laço
laço
90,483 corpus weight
- ligeiramente
ligeiramente
90,481 corpus weight
- lola
lola
90,479 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “laço” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laço |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈla.su/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #9,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “laço”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for laço is neighbouring look-alikes ("ló", "las", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈla.su/. Frequency #9,518 among 581 “L” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for laço, with forms such as "alço", "laoç", and "llaço". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ló", "las", "lar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is laço, spelled L-A-Ç-O.
Definition
- 1nó que se desata facilmente
- 2laçada
- 3armadilha
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alço
- laoç
- llaço
- lçao
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of laço - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "laço", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).