laico
The verdict
“laico” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #25,719. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,719
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - quem ou que não pertence ao clero; secular, leigo, sem confissão
Corpus desk
Index PT-laico · laico · Portuguese
laico · rank #25,719 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,719
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH laranjeira
Nearest frequency peer: laranjeira (+2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “laico”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Ivone
Ivone
74,292 corpus weight
- jubileu
jubileu
74,286 corpus weight
- laico
laico
74,282 corpus weight
- laranjeira
laranjeira
74,280 corpus weight
- levarão
levarão
74,276 corpus weight
- levas
levas
74,275 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “laico” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | laico |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #25,719 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “laico” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around laico, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,719 among 581 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for laico, with forms such as "alico", "lacio", and "laicco". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lixo", "liso", "loco", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists 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 laico, spelled L-A-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1quem ou que não pertence ao clero; secular, leigo, sem confissão
- 2que é independente de qualquer credo religioso
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how laico appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sendo laico, não tenho qualquer intenção de ofender nenhuma religião ou credo.
Um regime democrático, um regime laico ou uma teocracia?
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alico
- lacio
- laicco
- laioc
- liaco
- llaico
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of laico - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "laico", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "laico". Here's where to go from here.
- "laico" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "lixo". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #25,719 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "L" letter cohort. L–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.