láctico
The verdict
“láctico” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,713 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,713
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relacionado ao leite
Corpus desk
Index PT-lactico · láctico · Portuguese
láctico · rank #69,713 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,713
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH léu
Nearest frequency peer: léu (+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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “láctico”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- lambreta
lambreta
30,307 corpus weight
- láctico
láctico
30,288 corpus weight
- léu
léu
30,287 corpus weight
- marão
marão
30,280 corpus weight
- meal
meal
30,276 corpus weight
- microbiota
microbiota
30,265 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “láctico” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | láctico |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,713 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “láctico” em português
Rare enough to double-check
láctico is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,713 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "relacionado ao leite".
láctico has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented 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 láctico, spelled L-Á-C-T-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1relacionado ao leite
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how láctico appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«O ácido láctico é produzido nos músculos durante exercícios físicos intensos, quando há falta de oxigénio.»
This word in other languages
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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