Which to use
“laço” and “lobo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,518
- “laço” frequency rank
- #4,408
- “lobo” frequency rank
- 13926
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laço | lobo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | nó que se desata facilmente | parte saliente de um órgão; porção de um órgão |
Where the eye mixes laço and lobo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. laço and lobo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses laço with lobo
A purely visual mix-up. laço (/ˈla.su/) and lobo (/ˈlɔ.bʊ/) 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 13926, 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/. lobo is at rank #4,408, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈlɔ.bʊ/.
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 13926, this pair ranks #58,288 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of laço vs lobo
Shared letters: lo. Private to "laço": aç. Private to "lobo": b.
"laço" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "lobo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lobo ← lboo · llobo · lobbo · loob · olbo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "laço" and "lobo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "laço" or "lobo" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "laço" and "lobo" 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 "lobo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,288 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laço" and "lobo" 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 #58,288 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.