broca
/ˈbɾɔ.kɐ/
The verdict
“broca” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #22,542 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #22,542
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pua
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 | broca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɾɔ.kɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #22,542 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “broca” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for broca is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbɾɔ.kɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #22,542 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for broca, with forms such as "bbroca", "borca", and "brcoa". 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, "bruxa", "bruta", "brook", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is broca, spelled B-R-O-C-A.
Definition
- 1pua
- 2instrumento, formado pela pua, eixo e arco respectivo
- 3eixo de fechadura
- 4barra de ferro, com que se abrem nas pedreiras os orifícios que, cheios de matéria explosiva, determinam o corte das mesmas pedreiras
- 5falha na boca do canhão
- 6pancada do bico do pião noutro pião ou no sobrado
- 7(Brasil)
- 8(Brasil)
- 9(Brasil)
- 10(Brasil)
- 11(Brasil)
- 12(Brasil)
- 13(Brasil)
- 14(Brasil)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbroca,borca,brcoa,broac,brocca,brroca,rboca
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of broca - 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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Using “broca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-R-O-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbɾɔ.kɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bruxa” - see the side-by-side comparison. broca vs bruxa
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.