Which to use
“loch” and “loiça” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,566
- “loch” frequency rank
- #36,522
- “loiça” frequency rank
- 86088
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | loch | loiça |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | curso d'água na Escócia ou na Irlanda | produto de cerâmica para uso doméstico especialmente para o serviço de mesa e de cozinha |
Where the eye mixes loch and loiça
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. loch runs 4 letters (CVCC) against loiça's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: loch vs loiça
A purely visual mix-up. loch (/lɔk/) and loiça (/ˈloj.sɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86088, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
loch is recorded at frequency rank #49,566, classified as anoun, pronounced /lɔk/. 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 86088, this pair ranks #625 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of loch vs loiça
Shared letters: lo. Private to "loch": ch. Private to "loiça": aiç.
"loch" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "loiça" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- loch ← lcoh · lloch · locch · lochh · lohc · olch
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "loch" and "loiça" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "loch" or "loiça"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "loch" and "loiça" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "loch" 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 #625 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "loch" and "loiça" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laca 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 #625 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.