Which to use
“laico” is an adjective and “loiça” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,719
- “laico” frequency rank
- #36,522
- “loiça” frequency rank
- 62241
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laico | loiça |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | quem ou que não pertence ao clero; secular, leigo, sem confissão | produto de cerâmica para uso doméstico especialmente para o serviço de mesa e de cozinha |
Letter map: laico vs loiça
Shared letters muted; letters that set laico and loiça apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. laico and loiça follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - laico and loiça
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: laico is anadjective and loiçaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62241, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
laico is recorded at frequency rank #25,719, classified as anadj. loiça is at rank #36,522, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈloj.sɐ/.
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 62241, this pair ranks #6,761 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of laico vs loiça
Shared letters: ailo. Private to "laico": c. Private to "loiça": ç.
"laico" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "loiça" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- laico ← alico · lacio · laicco · laioc · liaco · llaico
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "laico" for "loiça" ever safe?
Frequency check: "laico" vs "loiça" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "laico" vs "loiça" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "laico" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "loiça" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,761 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laico" and "loiça" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loch vs loiça". 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 #6,761 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.