lagosta
/la.ˈgos.tɐ/
The verdict
“lagosta” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #29,800. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,800
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nome genérico dado aos crustáceos decápodes marinhos da família Nephropidae, relacionados com os crustáceos de água doce conhecidos como lagostim
Corpus desk
Index PT-lagosta · lagosta · Portuguese
lagosta · rank #29,800 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,800
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH lean
Nearest frequency peer: lean (+4 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 “lagosta”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- intermunici…
intermunicipal
70,215 corpus weight
- lagosta
lagosta
70,201 corpus weight
- lean
lean
70,197 corpus weight
- longínquo
longínquo
70,193 corpus weight
- louvar
louvar
70,191 corpus weight
- malicioso
malicioso
70,188 corpus weight
What this shows “lagosta” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | lagosta |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /la.ˈgos.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #29,800 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “lagosta”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around lagosta (IPA /la.ˈgos.tɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,800 among 581 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "nome genérico dado aos crustáceos decápodes marinhos da família Nephropidae, relacionados com os crustáceos de água doce conhecidos como lagostim".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for lagosta, with forms such as "algosta", "laggosta", and "lagosat". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "legista", "lagarta", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is lagosta, spelled L-A-G-O-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1nome genérico dado aos crustáceos decápodes marinhos da família Nephropidae, relacionados com os crustáceos de água doce conhecidos como lagostim
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- algosta
- laggosta
- lagosat
- lagossta
- lagostta
- lagotsa
- lagsota
- laogsta
- lgaosta
- llagosta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lagosta - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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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).