Which to use
“laca” and “luca” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,502
- “laca” frequency rank
- #17,068
- “luca” frequency rank
- 65570
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laca | luca |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | resina ou goma resinosa obtida de certas árvores no Oriente | o mesmo que carta do baralho |
Where the eye mixes laca and luca
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. laca and luca 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 luca
A purely visual mix-up. laca (/ˈla.kɐ/) and luca (/ˈlu.kɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “laca” becomes u in “luca”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65570, 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/. luca is at rank #17,068, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈlu.kɐ/.
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 65570, this pair ranks #5,318 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of laca vs luca
Shared letters: acl. Private to "laca": -. Private to "luca": u.
"laca" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "luca" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "laca" and "luca" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "laca" vs "luca" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "laca" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "luca" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,318 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laca" and "luca" 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 #5,318 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.