laio

noun

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The verdict

“laio” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #78,883 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,883
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lamento, queixume, gemido, laído

Corpus desk

Index PT-laio · laio · Portuguese

laio · rank #78,883 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,883
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH laparoscopia

Nearest frequency peer: laparoscopia (+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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “laio”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “laio” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for laio
PropertyValue
Headwordlaio
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#78,883
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “laio” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.laiocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “laparoscopia” (#78,886), “larica” (#78,887), “Kenia” (#78,874). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “laio” fica em #78,883. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

laio is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #78,883 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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

  1. 1
    lamento, queixume, gemido, laído

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how laio appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "Soltou um laio quando se magoou."

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "laio"?
"laio" is spelled L-A-I-O.
What does "laio" mean?
As a noun, "laio" means: lamento, queixume, gemido, laído
What language does "laio" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "laio", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

grou#78,787buxo#78,553Bahn#78,518shiu#78,310

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list