broa
/ˈbɾo.ɐ/
The verdict
“broa” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #41,861) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #41,861
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pão de milho
Corpus desk
Index PT-broa · broa · Portuguese
broa · rank #41,861 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,861
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH bos
Nearest frequency peer: bos (-3 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 “broa”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- borrar
borrar
58,144 corpus weight
- bos
bos
58,143 corpus weight
- broa
broa
58,140 corpus weight
- buscador
buscador
58,137 corpus weight
- caderneta
caderneta
58,134 corpus weight
- caiaque
caiaque
58,133 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “broa” 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 | broa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɾo.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #41,861 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “broa”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for broa is neighbouring look-alikes ("bula", "bruxa", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈbɾo.ɐ/. Frequency #41,861 among 840 “B” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for broa, with forms such as "bbroa", "brao", and "brroa". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bula", "bruxa", "bruta", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is broa, spelled B-R-O-A.
Definition
- 1pão de milho
- 2bolo frito de farinha de milho
- 3bolo da mesma farinha com mel, azeite, etc, usado principalmente pelo Natal
- 4o mesmo que carcunda
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbroa
- brao
- brroa
- rboa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of broa - 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.
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 "broa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).