# peruca

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /pɨ.ˈɾu.kɐ/ · frequency rank #17,349

## Definitions
1. cabeleira postiça
2. chinó

## Easily confused with
- **praça** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/peruca-vs-praca)
- **piroca** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/peruca-vs-piroca)
- **peça** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/peca-vs-peruca)
- **Peru** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/peru-vs-peruca)
- **pera** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/pera-vs-peruca)
- **perda** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/perda-vs-peruca)
- **perna** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/perna-vs-peruca)
- **perca** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/perca-vs-peruca)
- **persa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/persa-vs-peruca)
- **pérola** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/perola-vs-peruca)
- **perícia** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/pericia-vs-peruca)
- **pelúcia** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/pelucia-vs-peruca)
- **permuta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/permuta-vs-peruca)

## Common misspellings (8)
`epruca`, `percua`, `perruca`, `peruac`, `perucca`, `peurca`, `pperuca`, `preuca`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/peruca