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Which to use

“laca” and “lavra” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,502
“laca” frequency rank
#40,647
“lavra” frequency rank
89149
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature laca lavra
Definition resina ou goma resinosa obtida de certas árvores no Oriente lavoura

Letter map: laca vs lavra

Shared letters muted; letters that set laca and lavra apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
laca
5 ch
lavra

Pair insight - laca / lavra

laca and lavra are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89149, 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/. lavra is at rank #40,647, tagged as anoun.

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 89149, this pair ranks #345 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of laca vs lavra

Shared letters: al. Private to "laca": c. Private to "lavra": rv.

"laca" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "lavra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lacaalca · laac · lacca · lcaa · llaca
  • lavraalvra · lavrra · lavvra · llavra · lvara

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "laca" and "lavra" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "laca" or "lavra" show up more?
"lavra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,647 in our Portuguese list, against #48,502 for "laca". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "laca" vs "lavra" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "laca" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lavra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #345 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "laca" and "lavra" 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 #345 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list