lácteo
/ˈlak.tju/
The verdict
“lácteo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,908 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,908
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - derivado do leite
Corpus desk
Index PT-lacteo · lácteo · Portuguese
lácteo · rank #97,908 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,908
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH ligeireza
Nearest frequency peer: ligeireza (-9 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 “lácteo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Kellner
Kellner
2,130 corpus weight
- ligeireza
ligeireza
2,102 corpus weight
- lácteo
lácteo
2,093 corpus weight
- manes
manes
2,075 corpus weight
- marmeleiro
marmeleiro
2,071 corpus weight
- medianamente
medianamente
2,056 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “lácteo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lácteo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈlak.tju/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,908 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “lácteo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
lácteo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,908 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈlak.tju/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "derivado do leite".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lácteo, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is lácteo, spelled L-Á-C-T-E-O.
Definition
- 1derivado do leite
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lácteo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Houve uma transformação do setor lácteo mundial, com variações importantes do preço internacional", disse Alvim.
Synonyms
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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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