lactose
The verdict
“lactose” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #21,795. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,795
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - açúcar presente no leite e seus derivados
Corpus desk
Index PT-lactose · lactose · Portuguese
lactose · rank #21,795 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,795
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH Julius
Nearest frequency peer: Julius (-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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “lactose”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- intestinal
intestinal
78,216 corpus weight
- intimidação
intimidação
78,215 corpus weight
- intra
intra
78,214 corpus weight
- Julius
Julius
78,209 corpus weight
- lactose
lactose
78,206 corpus weight
- listar
listar
78,203 corpus weight
What this shows “lactose” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lactose |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,795 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “lactose”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around lactose, anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,795 among 581 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "açúcar presente no leite e seus derivados".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for lactose, with forms such as "alctose", "lacctose", and "lacotse". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is lactose, spelled L-A-C-T-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1açúcar presente no leite e seus derivados
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lactose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Em praticamente toda a história humana, a capacidade para digerir a lactose, o principal açúcar do leite, desaparece após o desmame.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alctose
- lacctose
- lacotse
- lactoes
- lactosse
- lactsoe
- lacttose
- latcose
- lcatose
- llactose
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lactose - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "lactose", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).