anca
/ˈɐ̃.kɐ/
The verdict
“anca” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #40,417) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #40,417
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - proeminência superior das coxas
Corpus desk
Index PT-anca · anca · Portuguese
anca · rank #40,417 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,417
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH androide
Nearest frequency peer: androide (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “anca”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- alcatrão
alcatrão
59,593 corpus weight
- anca
anca
59,584 corpus weight
- androide
androide
59,583 corpus weight
- apaixonadam…
apaixonadamente
59,579 corpus weight
- aparar
aparar
59,578 corpus weight
- aporte
aporte
59,574 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “anca” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɐ̃.kɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #40,417 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “anca”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for anca is neighbouring look-alikes ("ano", "and", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈɐ̃.kɐ/. Frequency #40,417 among 1,900 “A” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for anca, with forms such as "anac", "ancca", and "annca". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ano", "and", "asa", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is anca, spelled A-N-C-A.
Definition
- 1proeminência superior das coxas
- 2quadril
- 3garupa (nos animais)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- anac
- ancca
- annca
- naca
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anca - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "anca", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).