âncora

Name: âncora, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“âncora” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,374. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,374
frequency rank, Portuguese: 6
letters: 8
tracked misspellings: 10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - instrumento náutico que permite a um navio ficar parado num determinado ponto do mar, sem no entanto ficar à deriva

Corpus desk

Index PT-ancora · âncora · Portuguese

âncora · rank #11,374 · 8 variants · 10 confusables

FREQ-MID #11,374
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-THIN "Â" thin
PHOTO-FINISH Uganda

Nearest frequency peer: Uganda (-4 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.

trimestre

88,633
trocado

88,632
Uganda

88,631
âncora

88,627
agarrar

88,622
alegação

88,619

What this shows “âncora” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

âncora vs Angola

50% similar

âncora vs aurora

50% similar

âncora vs Andorra

57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for âncora
Property	Value
Headword	âncora
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#11,374
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	10
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “âncora”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).âncoracai aqui:

#11,374

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “Uganda” (#11,370), “trocado” (#11,369), “agarrar” (#11,379). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around âncora, anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,374. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for âncora, with forms such as "nâcora", "âcnora", and "ânccora". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Angola", "aurora", "Andorra", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is âncora, spelled Â-N-C-O-R-A.

Definition

1
instrumento náutico que permite a um navio ficar parado num determinado ponto do mar, sem no entanto ficar à deriva
2
no HTML, etiqueta que define o destino a que um linque clicável deslocará o «viewport» à determinada parte de uma página
3
principal apresentador de um programa jornalístico ou de esportes

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how âncora appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Vários turistas acharam, num primeiro momento, que o barulho do choque era a âncora sendo baixada.
Chung, ex-âncora de TV, tem 16,8% das intenções de voto.

Synonyms

pombeirahiperligação

This word in other languages

anchor(English)ancla(Español)ancre(Français)Anker(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

nâcora
âcnora
ânccora
âncoar
âncorra
âncroa
ânncora
ânocra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of âncora - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "âncora"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "âncora"?

"âncora" is spelled Â-N-C-O-R-A.

What does "âncora" mean?

As a noun, "âncora" means: instrumento náutico que permite a um navio ficar parado num determinado ponto do mar, sem no entanto ficar à deriva

What words are commonly confused with "âncora"?

"âncora" is commonly confused with "Angola", "aurora", "Andorra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What language does "âncora" come from?

"âncora" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "âncora", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Uganda#11,370 apurar#11,390 sérvio#11,357 bridge#11,402

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

agarrar8 variants rótulo8 variants rotação8 variants facial8 variants