oiça

noun

The verdict

“oiça” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #81,505 among 846 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,505
frequency rank, Portuguese
846
“O” headwords

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

Key facts for oiça
PropertyValue
Headwordoiça
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#81,505
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “oiça” 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). oiça lands here:

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

oiça is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #81,505 among 846 “O” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ouvido".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for oiça, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is oiça, spelled O-I-Ç-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ouvido

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 "oiça"?
"oiça" is spelled O-I-Ç-A.
What does "oiça" mean?
As a noun, "oiça" means: ouvido
What language does "oiça" come from?
"oiça" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “oiça”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-I-Ç-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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