ferra

noun

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The verdict

“ferra” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #40,575) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#40,575
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords
3
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a operação de ferrar o gado

Corpus desk

Index PT-ferra · ferra · Portuguese

ferra · rank #40,575 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,575
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 3 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH fingimento

Nearest frequency peer: fingimento (+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 “ferra”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “ferra” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

ferra vs fora
60% similar
ferra vs força
60% similar
ferra vs festa
60% similar

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

Key facts for ferra
PropertyValue
Headwordferra
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#40,575
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “ferra”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).ferracai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “fingimento” (#40,578), “falsificado” (#40,571), “exorbitante” (#40,568). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “ferra” fica em #40,575. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for ferra is neighbouring look-alikes ("fora", "força", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #40,575 among 853 “F” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for ferra, with forms such as "efrra", "fferra", and "frera". 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, "fora", "força", "festa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is ferra, spelled F-E-R-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    a operação de ferrar o gado
  2. 2
    pá de ferro de tirar brasas
  3. 3
    balde de ferro usado nos poços para tirar água
  4. 4
    na masseira do pão, ferramenta de ferro para tirar, raspar, a massa

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ferra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Em casa dos Condes de Vilariço havia ferra de gado. Desde manhã que para a Herdade da Riacha passavam automóveis com convidados.

Synonyms

ferrelha

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efrra
  • fferra
  • frera

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ferra - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

efrra2fferra1frera2
Edit distance from "ferra"

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 "ferra"?
"ferra" is spelled F-E-R-R-A.
What does "ferra" mean?
As a noun, "ferra" means: a operação de ferrar o gado
What words are commonly confused with "ferra"?
"ferra" is commonly confused with "fora", "força", "festa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "ferra" come from?
"ferra" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ferra", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lavra#40,647lince#40,653bocão#40,450trapo#40,367

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list