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
- 1,251
- “L” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nó que se desata facilmente
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) |
Where “laço” sits in Portuguese frequency
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 1,251 “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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Using “laço”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is L-A-Ç-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈla.su/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ló” - see the side-by-side comparison. laço vs ló
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Words at a similar Portuguese frequency
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.