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Which to use

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

#6,442
“lata” frequency rank
#40,647
“lavra” frequency rank
47089
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lata lavra
Definition folha de ferro laminada e estanhada lavoura

Letter map: lata vs lavra

Shared letters muted; letters that set lata and lavra apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. lata runs 4 letters (CVCV) against lavra's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
lata
5 ch
lavra

Pair insight - lata / lavra

lata and lavra 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47089, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lata is recorded at frequency rank #6,442, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈla.tɐ/. lavra is at rank #40,647, tagged as anoun.

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 47089, this pair ranks #18,192 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of lata vs lavra

Shared letters: al. Private to "lata": t. Private to "lavra": rv.

"lata" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "lavra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lata ← laat · latta · llata · ltaa
  • lavra ← alvra · lavrra · lavvra · llavra · lvara

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "lata" and "lavra" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "lata" or "lavra"?
"lata" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,442 in our Portuguese list, against #40,647 for "lavra". 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 "lata" and "lavra".

  • Full dictionary entry for "lata" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lavra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,192 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lata" and "lavra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laca vs lavra". 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 #18,192 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