nuca
/ˈnu.kɐ/
The verdict
“nuca” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #14,197) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #14,197
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 360
- “N” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - parte posterior e superior do pescoço
Corpus desk
Index PT-nuca · nuca · Portuguese
nuca · rank #14,197 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,197
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 360
- PHOTO-FINISH noutras
Nearest frequency peer: noutras (-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 “nuca”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- míssil
míssil
85,808 corpus weight
- noutras
noutras
85,805 corpus weight
- nuca
nuca
85,804 corpus weight
- pagode
pagode
85,800 corpus weight
- patriota
patriota
85,799 corpus weight
- pernambucano
pernambucano
85,795 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “nuca” 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 | nuca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnu.kɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #14,197 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “nuca”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for nuca is neighbouring look-alikes ("num", "nur", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈnu.kɐ/. Frequency #14,197 among 360 “N” headwords. Gloss: "parte posterior e superior do pescoço".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for nuca, with forms such as "ncua", "nuac", and "nucca". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "num", "nur", "nun", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 nuca, spelled N-U-C-A.
Definition
- 1parte posterior e superior do pescoço
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ncua
- nuac
- nucca
- unca
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nuca - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nuca", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).