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The verdict

“eca” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #13,275 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an interjection.

#13,275
frequency rank, Portuguese
3
letters
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - expressa nojo

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

eca vs em
33% similar
eca vs eu
33% similar
eca vs el
33% similar

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

Key facts for eca
PropertyValue
Headwordeca
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechInterjection
Letters3
Frequency rank#13,275
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “eca” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). eca lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for eca is 3 letters long, classified as an interjection. Corpus data places it at rank #13,275 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "expressa nojo".

Zero misspellings are on record for eca in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "em", "eu", "el", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is eca, spelled E-C-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    expressa nojo

This word in other languages

yuck(English)beurk(Français)

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 "eca"?
"eca" is spelled E-C-A.
What does "eca" mean?
As an interjection, "eca" means: expressa nojo
What words are commonly confused with "eca"?
"eca" is commonly confused with "em", "eu", "el". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "eca" come from?
"eca" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “eca”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “em” - see the side-by-side comparison. eca vs em
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list