pipoca
[pi'pɔkɐ]
The verdict
“pipoca” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #9,552 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,552
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - variedade de grão de milho estalado ao calor, que se come doce ou salgado
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 | pipoca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pi'pɔkɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,552 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pipoca” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for pipoca is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pi'pɔkɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,552 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "variedade de grão de milho estalado ao calor, que se come doce ou salgado".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pipoca, with forms such as "ippoca", "piopca", and "pipcoa". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "poça", "pisca", "piroca", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is pipoca, spelled P-I-P-O-C-A.
Definition
- 1variedade de grão de milho estalado ao calor, que se come doce ou salgado
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ippoca,piopca,pipcoa,pipoac,pipocca,pippoca,ppioca,ppipoca
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pipoca - 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 “pipoca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-I-P-O-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pi'pɔkɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “poça” - see the side-by-side comparison. pipoca vs poça
- 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.