laundry

/ˈlɑndɹi/

//ˈlɑndɹi// noun

The verdict

“laundry” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,956 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,956
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lavandaria/lavanderia

Corpus desk

Index PT-laundry · laundry · Portuguese

laundry · rank #62,956 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,956
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lacombe

Nearest frequency peer: Lacombe (-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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “laundry”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for laundry
PropertyValue
Headwordlaundry
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈlɑndɹi/
Letters7
Frequency rank#62,956
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “laundry” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).laundrycai 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: “Lacombe” (#62,952), “legar” (#62,961), “levitar” (#62,965). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “laundry” fica em #62,956. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

laundry is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,956 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlɑndɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for laundry, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is laundry, spelled L-A-U-N-D-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    lavandaria/lavanderia
  2. 2
    roupa suja

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 "laundry"?
"laundry" is spelled L-A-U-N-D-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈlɑndɹi/.
What does "laundry" mean?
As a noun, "laundry" means: lavandaria/lavanderia
How do you pronounce "laundry"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "laundry" is /ˈlɑndɹi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "laundry" come from?
"laundry" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list