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Which to use

“laje” and “lato” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,102
“laje” frequency rank
#22,703
“lato” frequency rank
38805
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature laje lato
Definition rocha plana verão

Letter map: laje vs lato

Shared letters muted; letters that set laje and lato apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. laje and lato follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
laje
4 ch
lato

Spelling & dictionary notes on laje vs lato

laje and lato are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38805, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

laje is recorded at frequency rank #16,102, classified as anoun. lato is at rank #22,703, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈlatɔ/.

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 38805, this pair ranks #27,577 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of laje vs lato

Shared letters: al. Private to "laje": ej. Private to "lato": ot.

"laje" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "lato" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • laje ← alje · laej · lajje · ljae · llaje
  • lato ← laot · latto · llato · ltao

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "laje" and "lato" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "laje" or "lato" show up more?
"laje" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,102 in our Portuguese list, against #22,703 for "lato". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "laje" and "lato".

  • Full dictionary entry for "laje" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lato" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,577 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "laje" and "lato" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laca vs lato". 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 #27,577 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list