penha
/ˈpɐj.ɲɐ/
The verdict
“penha” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #7,960 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,960
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - rocha, pedra grande na superfície da terra ou do mar
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 | penha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɐj.ɲɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,960 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “penha” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for penha is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpɐj.ɲɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,960 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "rocha, pedra grande na superfície da terra ou do mar".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for penha, with forms such as "epnha", "pehna", and "penah". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pera", "penso", "perda", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is penha, spelled P-E-N-H-A.
Definition
- 1rocha, pedra grande na superfície da terra ou do mar
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epnha,pehna,penah,penhha,pennha,pneha,ppenha
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of penha - 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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Using “penha”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-E-N-H-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpɐj.ɲɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pera” - see the side-by-side comparison. penha vs pera
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.