louco

adj

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The verdict

“louco” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,649. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,649
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que perdeu a razão, maluco, demente, vesano, amente

Corpus desk

Index PT-louco · louco · Portuguese

louco · rank #1,649 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,649
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH imediatamente

Nearest frequency peer: imediatamente (-1 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 “louco”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “louco” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

louco vs Luc
40% similar
louco vs luxo
60% similar
louco vs luto
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for louco
PropertyValue
Headwordlouco
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,649
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “louco”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).loucocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “imediatamente” (#1,648), “identidade” (#1,647), “George” (#1,646). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “louco” fica em #1,649. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around louco, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,649 among 581 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for louco, with forms such as "llouco", "locuo", and "loucco". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Luc", "luxo", "luto", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is louco, spelled L-O-U-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que perdeu a razão, maluco, demente, vesano, amente
  2. 2
    apaixonado, arrebatado
  3. 3
    brincalhão
  4. 4
    de cabeça perdida, furioso

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Louco de amor.
  2. Alegre, divertido, perfeitamente louco.

This word in other languages

crazy(English)loco(Español)fou(Français)wahnsinnig(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • llouco
  • locuo
  • loucco
  • louoc
  • luoco
  • oluco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of louco - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

llouco1locuo2loucco1louoc2luoco2oluco2
Edit distance from "louco"

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 "louco"?
"louco" is spelled L-O-U-C-O.
What does "louco" mean?
As an adjective, "louco" means: que perdeu a razão, maluco, demente, vesano, amente
What words are commonly confused with "louco"?
"louco" is commonly confused with "Luc", "luxo", "luto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "louco" come from?
"louco" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pedra#1,653tocar#1,662setor#1,629queda#1,623

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

cruz6 variantsterça6 variantsperda6 variantsmídia6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list