perca

noun

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The verdict

“perca” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,502. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,502
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - peixe de água doce, da família dos Percídeos (Percidae), de carne muito apreciada

Corpus desk

Index PT-perca · perca · Portuguese

perca · rank #4,502 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,502
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH paraíba

Nearest frequency peer: paraíba (-2 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “perca”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “perca” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

perca vs Peru
40% similar
perca vs pica
60% similar
perca vs pero
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for perca
PropertyValue
Headwordperca
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,502
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “perca”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.percacai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “paraíba” (#4,500), “nave” (#4,499), “pimenta” (#4,505). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “perca” fica em #4,502. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around perca, anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,502 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for perca, with forms such as "eprca", "pecra", and "perac". 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, "Peru", "pica", "pero", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is perca, spelled P-E-R-C-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    peixe de água doce, da família dos Percídeos (Percidae), de carne muito apreciada
  2. 2
    perda

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how perca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Apanhei uma perca.

This word in other languages

perch(English)perca(Español)Barsch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprca
  • pecra
  • perac
  • percca
  • perrca
  • pperca
  • preca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of perca - 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.

eprca2pecra2perac2percca1perrca1pperca1preca2
Edit distance from "perca"

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 "perca"?
"perca" is spelled P-E-R-C-A.
What does "perca" mean?
As a noun, "perca" means: peixe de água doce, da família dos Percídeos (Percidae), de carne muito apreciada
What words are commonly confused with "perca"?
"perca" is commonly confused with "Peru", "pica", "pero". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "perca" come from?
"perca" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "perca", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

multa#4,498corta#4,545ácido#4,441vende#4,437

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

sabor7 variantsgreen7 variantsduplo7 variantschato7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list