placa

/ˈpla.kɐ/

//ˈpla.kɐ// noun

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The verdict

“placa” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,510. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,510
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - peça de materiais diversos longa e larga mas de pouca espessura

Corpus desk

Index PT-placa · placa · Portuguese

placa · rank #3,510 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,510
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pesado

Nearest frequency peer: pesado (-1 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 “placa”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “placa” 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).

placa vs play
60% similar
placa vs poça
40% similar
placa vs plano
60% similar

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

Key facts for placa
PropertyValue
Headwordplaca
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈpla.kɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,510
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “placa”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).placacai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “pesado” (#3,509), “possivelmente” (#3,511), “Reis” (#3,514). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “placa” fica em #3,510. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around placa (IPA /ˈpla.kɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,510 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for placa, with forms such as "lpaca", "palca", and "plaac". 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, "play", "poça", "plano", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is placa, spelled P-L-A-C-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    peça de materiais diversos longa e larga mas de pouca espessura
  2. 2
    tabuleta, letreiro
  3. 3
    peça de metal colocada à frente e atràs dos automóveis e que mostra o número de matrícula
  4. 4
    peça de madeira, plástico, etc com o nome gravado em cima
  5. 5
    peça de metal ou outro material colocada numa parede como uma homenagem à memória de uma pessoa ou evento
  6. 6
    decoração para colocar numa parede
  7. 7
    superfície aquecida para esquentar pratos
  8. 8
    depósito de saliva e bactérias que se forma perto dos dentes

Synonyms

chapachapapedra

This word in other languages

plate(English)placa(Español)plaque(Français)Platte(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpaca
  • palca
  • plaac
  • placca
  • plcaa
  • pllaca
  • pplaca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of placa - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

lpaca2palca2plaac2placca1plcaa2pllaca1pplaca1
Edit distance from "placa"

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 "placa"?
"placa" is spelled P-L-A-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpla.kɐ/.
What does "placa" mean?
As a noun, "placa" means: peça de materiais diversos longa e larga mas de pouca espessura
What words are commonly confused with "placa"?
"placa" is commonly confused with "play", "poça", "plano". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "placa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "placa" is /ˈpla.kɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "placa" come from?
"placa" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

morro#3,501mexer#3,498tchau#3,522adeus#3,532

Similar misspelling depth

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

ensaio7 variantsdon't7 variantschamo7 variantsfoder7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list