laio
The verdict
“laio” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #78,883 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #78,883
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - lamento, queixume, gemido, laído
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #78,883 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “laio” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for laio is 4 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #78,883 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "lamento, queixume, gemido, laído".
No generated misspelling entries exist for laio in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is laio, spelled L-A-I-O.
Definition
- 1lamento, queixume, gemido, laído
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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Using “laio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is L-A-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.