The word "LAKO" is spelled with four letters, and it is pronounced as /ˈla.koʊ/. The first sound is a voiceless alveolar lateral fricative /l/, followed by the vowel sound /a/ which is pronounced in a similar way as the "a" in "father". The third sound is a voiceless velar plosive /k/, and the final sound is the long o vowel sound /oʊ/, pronounced like the "o" in "go". The spelling of LAKO is straightforward, and it is not influenced by any silent letters or irregular pronunciation.