parra
/ˈpa.Rɐ/
The verdict
“parra” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #29,076) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #29,076
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ramo novo da videira
Corpus desk
Index PT-parra · parra · Portuguese
parra · rank #29,076 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,076
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH panelaço
Nearest frequency peer: panelaço (-3 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 “parra”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- pace
pace
70,930 corpus weight
- panelaço
panelaço
70,928 corpus weight
- parra
parra
70,925 corpus weight
- Piero
Piero
70,916 corpus weight
- polaco
polaco
70,913 corpus weight
- pompa
pompa
70,912 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “parra” 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 | parra |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpa.Rɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #29,076 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “parra”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for parra is neighbouring look-alikes ("pata", "pera", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈpa.Rɐ/. Frequency #29,076 among 1,578 “P” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for parra, with forms such as "aprra", "pparra", and "prara". 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, "pata", "pera", "proa", 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 is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is parra, spelled P-A-R-R-A.
Definition
- 1ramo novo da videira
- 2folha da vide
- 3dito, falar sem importância, sem informação
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aprra
- pparra
- prara
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parra - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "parra", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).