loco
/ˈlo.ko/
The verdict
“loco” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,910. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,910
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - louco
Corpus desk
Index PT-loco · loco · Portuguese
loco · rank #11,910 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,910
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH magistrado
Nearest frequency peer: magistrado (+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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “loco”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- levemente
levemente
88,094 corpus weight
- loco
loco
88,091 corpus weight
- magistrado
magistrado
88,089 corpus weight
- medicação
medicação
88,087 corpus weight
- Michele
Michele
88,085 corpus weight
- militância
militância
88,084 corpus weight
What this shows “loco” 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 | loco |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈlo.ko/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #11,910 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “loco”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around loco (IPA /ˈlo.ko/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,910 among 581 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "louco".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for loco, with forms such as "lcoo", "lloco", and "locco". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "los", "lol", "Luc", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is loco, spelled L-O-C-O.
Definition
- 1louco
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lcoo
- lloco
- locco
- looc
- olco
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of loco - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "loco", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).