Which to use
“laca” and “lago” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,502
- “laca” frequency rank
- #2,955
- “lago” frequency rank
- 51457
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laca | lago |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | resina ou goma resinosa obtida de certas árvores no Oriente | acumulação permanente de água numa depressão |
Where the eye mixes laca and lago
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. laca and lago follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: laca vs lago
A purely visual mix-up. laca (/ˈla.kɐ/) and lago (/ˈla.ɡu/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51457, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
laca is recorded at frequency rank #48,502, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈla.kɐ/. lago is at rank #2,955, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈla.ɡu/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 51457, this pair ranks #13,588 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of laca vs lago
Shared letters: al. Private to "laca": c. Private to "lago": go.
"laca" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "lago" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "laca" and "lago" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "laca" or "lago"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "laca" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lago" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,588 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laca" and "lago" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laca vs loch". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #13,588 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.