# cerca

> Portuguese word · Adverb · IPA /ˈseɾ.kɐ/ · frequency rank #362

## Definitions
1. perto, nas proximidades, na cercania

## Easily confused with
- **cria** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cerca-vs-cria)
- **cura** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cerca-vs-cura)
- **certo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cerca-vs-certo)
- **coroa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cerca-vs-coroa)
- **corta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cerca-vs-corta)
- **corda** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cerca-vs-corda)
- **circo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cerca-vs-circo)
- **curva** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cerca-vs-curva)
- **cerco** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cerca-vs-cerco)
- **cesta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cerca-vs-cesta)
- **cerne** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cerca-vs-cerne)
- **cerro** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cerca-vs-cerro)
- **cervo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cerca-vs-cervo)
- **Ceres** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cerca-vs-ceres)
- **conca** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cerca-vs-conca)
- **cerda** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cerca-vs-cerda)
- **crença** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cerca-vs-crenca)
- **cereja** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cerca-vs-cereja)
- **cereal** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cerca-vs-cereal)
- **cercar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cerca-vs-cercar)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccerca`, `cecra`, `cerac`, `cercca`, `cerrca`, `creca`, `ecrca`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/cerca