Which to use
“loiça” and “lola” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,522
- “loiça” frequency rank
- #9,522
- “lola” frequency rank
- 46044
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | loiça | lola |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | produto de cerâmica para uso doméstico especialmente para o serviço de mesa e de cozinha | órgão genital feminino |
Where the eye mixes loiça and lola
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. loiça runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against lola's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: loiça vs lola
A purely visual mix-up. loiça (/ˈloj.sɐ/) and lola (['lɔ.lɐ]) 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 46044, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
loiça is recorded at frequency rank #36,522, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈloj.sɐ/. lola is at rank #9,522, tagged as anoun, pronounced ['lɔ.lɐ].
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 46044, this pair ranks #19,321 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of loiça vs lola
Shared letters: alo. Private to "loiça": iç. Private to "lola": -.
"loiça" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "lola" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lola ← lloa · llola · loal · lolla · olla
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "loiça" and "lola" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "loiça" or "lola" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "loiça" and "lola" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "loiça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lola" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,321 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "loiça" and "lola" 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 #19,321 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.