Which to use
“laço” is a noun and “laico” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,518
- “laço” frequency rank
- #25,719
- “laico” frequency rank
- 35237
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laço | laico |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | nó que se desata facilmente | quem ou que não pertence ao clero; secular, leigo, sem confissão |
Letter map: laço vs laico
Shared letters muted; letters that set laço and laico apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. laço runs 4 letters (CVCV) against laico's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for laço / laico
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: laço is anoun and laicoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35237, 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/. laico is at rank #25,719, tagged as anadj.
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 35237, this pair ranks #31,837 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of laço vs laico
Shared letters: alo. Private to "laço": ç. Private to "laico": ci.
"laço" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "laico" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- laico ← alico · lacio · laicco · laioc · liaco · llaico
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "laço" for "laico" ever safe?
Which is more common, "laço" or "laico"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "laço" and "laico".
- Full dictionary entry for "laço" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "laico" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,837 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laço" and "laico" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laca vs laico". 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 #31,837 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.