doca

//ˈdɔ.kɐ// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,985

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

doca is aPortuguesenoun. It means: parte abrigada de um porto, dispondo de cais acostável, onde se podem recolher embarcações para fugir do mau tempo ou para carregar e descarregar mercadorias Pronounced /ˈdɔ.kɐ/. Often confused with dos and dor.

Key facts for doca
PropertyValue
Headworddoca
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈdɔ.kɐ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#23,985
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of doca in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for doca is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdɔ.kɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #23,985 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for doca, with forms such as "dcoa", "ddoca", and "doac". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dos", "dor", "dom", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is doca, spelled D-O-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    parte abrigada de um porto, dispondo de cais acostável, onde se podem recolher embarcações para fugir do mau tempo ou para carregar e descarregar mercadorias
  2. 2
    construção situada no porto e destinada a armazenamento de mercadorias desembarcadas e a embarcar (mais usado no plural)
  3. 3
    elemento gráfico que se posiciona à extremidade lateral de ambiente de área de trabalho e que comporta ícones servintes para lançamento de aplicativos, alternação entre estes ou para exibição de informação de notificação ou de estado de tais quando em execução

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: dcoa,ddoca,doac,docca,odca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for doca

Misspelling Variants of "doca"

dcoa4ddoca5doac4docca5odca4
Misspelling Variants of "doca"

Frequency rank: #23,985 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "doca"?
"doca" is spelled D-O-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdɔ.kɐ/.
What does "doca" mean?
As a noun, "doca" means: parte abrigada de um porto, dispondo de cais acostável, onde se podem recolher embarcações para fugir do mau tempo ou para carregar e descarregar mercadorias
What words are commonly confused with "doca"?
"doca" is commonly confused with "dos", "dor", "dom". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "doca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "doca" is /ˈdɔ.kɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "doca" come from?
"doca" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.