pa
The verdict
“pa” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #5,329) as a preposition. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #5,329
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - para, pra
Corpus desk
Index PT-pa · pa · Portuguese
pa · rank #5,329 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,329
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pauta
Nearest frequency peer: pauta (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “pa”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- matriz
matriz
94,680 corpus weight
- mérito
mérito
94,677 corpus weight
- pa
pa
94,672 corpus weight
- pauta
pauta
94,671 corpus weight
- piano
piano
94,668 corpus weight
- queimar
queimar
94,664 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pa” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | pa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #5,329 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “pa” fica na frequência do português
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for pa is neighbouring look-alikes ("pé", "PT", …), not just typos; it is apreposition. Frequency #5,329 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Gloss: "para, pra".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pa, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pé", "PT", "pó", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is pa, spelled P-A.
Definition
- 1para, pra
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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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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- "pa" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "pé". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #5,329 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
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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.