Which to use
“lock” and “loiça” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,711
- “lock” frequency rank
- #36,522
- “loiça” frequency rank
- 59233
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lock | loiça |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | fechadura | produto de cerâmica para uso doméstico especialmente para o serviço de mesa e de cozinha |
Where the eye mixes lock and loiça
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. lock 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: lock vs loiça
A purely visual mix-up. lock (/lɒk/) 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 59233, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lock is recorded at frequency rank #22,711, classified as anoun, pronounced /lɒk/. 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 59233, this pair ranks #8,294 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lock vs loiça
Shared letters: lo. Private to "lock": ck. Private to "loiça": aiç.
"lock" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "loiça" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lock ← lcok · llock · locck · lockk · lokc · olck
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lock" and "loiça" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "lock" or "loiça" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "lock" 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 #8,294 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lock" 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 #8,294 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.