grua
/ˈɡɾu.ɐ/
The verdict
“grua” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #47,917) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #47,917
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aparelho usado para levantar pesos
Corpus desk
Index PT-grua · grua · Portuguese
grua · rank #47,917 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,917
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH guarida
Nearest frequency peer: guarida (+1 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 “grua”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- fortificação
fortificação
52,101 corpus weight
- gonzo
gonzo
52,087 corpus weight
- grua
grua
52,084 corpus weight
- guarida
guarida
52,083 corpus weight
- haber
haber
52,080 corpus weight
- imi
imi
52,063 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “grua” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | grua |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɾu.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #47,917 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “grua”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for grua is neighbouring look-alikes ("guy", "gun", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈɡɾu.ɐ/. Frequency #47,917 among 521 “G” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for grua, with forms such as "ggrua", "grrua", and "gura". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "guy", "gun", "guia", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 grua, spelled G-R-U-A.
Definition
- 1aparelho usado para levantar pesos
- 2aparelho usado para elevar a câmera do rés do chão nas filmagens
- 3máquina para abastecer as locomotivas com água
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggrua
- grrua
- gura
- rgua
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grua - 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.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).