joca

noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#32,227

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

joca is aPortuguesenoun. It means: quem não tem disposição Often confused with joy and jogo.

Key facts for joca
PropertyValue
Headwordjoca
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#32,227
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for joca is 4 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #32,227 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "quem não tem disposição".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for joca, with forms such as "jcoa", "jjoca", and "joac". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "joy", "jogo", "José", 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 joca, spelled J-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
    quem não tem disposição

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jcoa,jjoca,joac,jocca,ojca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for joca

Misspelling Variants of "joca"

jcoa4jjoca5joac4jocca5ojca4
Misspelling Variants of "joca"

Frequency rank: #32,227 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "joca"?
"joca" is spelled J-O-C-A.
What does "joca" mean?
As a noun, "joca" means: quem não tem disposição
What words are commonly confused with "joca"?
"joca" is commonly confused with "joy", "jogo", "José". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "joca" come from?
"joca" 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 J 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.