Which to use
“lacuna” and “lâmina” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,606
- “lacuna” frequency rank
- #9,367
- “lâmina” frequency rank
- 24973
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lacuna | lâmina |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | falha, falta, vazio, omissão, hiato | folha de instrumento cortante |
Where the eye mixes lacuna and lâmina
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. lacuna and lâmina follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between lacuna and lâmina
A purely visual mix-up. lacuna (/lɐ.ˈku.nɐ/) and lâmina (/ˈlɐ.mi.nɐ/) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24973, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lacuna is recorded at frequency rank #15,606, classified as anoun, pronounced /lɐ.ˈku.nɐ/. lâmina is at rank #9,367, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈlɐ.mi.nɐ/.
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 24973, this pair ranks #44,459 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lacuna vs lâmina
Shared letters: aln. Private to "lacuna": cu. Private to "lâmina": imâ.
"lacuna" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "lâmina" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lacuna ← alcuna · laccuna · lacnua · lacuan · lacunna · laucna · lcauna · llacuna
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lacuna" and "lâmina" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "lacuna" vs "lâmina" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "lacuna" and "lâmina" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lacuna" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lâmina" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,459 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lacuna" and "lâmina" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laca vs lacuna". 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 #44,459 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.