broa
noun
broa is spelled B-R-O-A: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, broa means “A type of cornbread made in Portugal, Galicia and Brazil with wheat, rye and yeast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of broa is broas.
How many letters and syllables are in broa?
| Letters | 4: B-R-O-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 41 million words; the 196,618th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is broa?
Broa appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with broa?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as broa.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: boar, bora.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of broa
- broas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does broa mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A type of cornbread made in Portugal, Galicia and Brazil with wheat, rye and yeast.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does broa come from?
Borrowed from Portuguese broa, possibly of Germanic origin (a doublet of bread).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).