Which to use
“laço” and “lago” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,518
- “laço” frequency rank
- #2,955
- “lago” frequency rank
- 12473
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laço | lago |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | nó que se desata facilmente | acumulação permanente de água numa depressão |
Where the eye mixes laço and lago
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. laço 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: laço vs lago
A purely visual mix-up. laço (/ˈla.su/) 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 differ by a single letter - ç in “laço” becomes g in “lago”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12473, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
laço is recorded at frequency rank #9,518, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈla.su/. 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 12473, this pair ranks #60,092 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of laço vs lago
Shared letters: alo. Private to "laço": ç. Private to "lago": g.
"laço" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "lago" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lago ← laggo · laog · lgao · llago
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "laço" and "lago" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "laço" or "lago" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "laço" and "lago" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "laço" 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 #60,092 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laço" and "lago" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laço 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 #60,092 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.