podia

//po.ˈʤi.ɐ// verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#942

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

podia is aPortugueseverb. It means: primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo poder Pronounced /po.ˈʤi.ɐ/. It ranks #942 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with pois and poxa.

Key facts for podia
PropertyValue
Headwordpodia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/po.ˈʤi.ɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#942
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of podia in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for podia is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /po.ˈʤi.ɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #942 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for podia, with forms such as "opdia", "pdoia", and "podai". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pois", "poxa", "popa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is podia, spelled P-O-D-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo poder
  2. 2
    terceira pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo poder

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: opdia,pdoia,podai,poddia,poida,ppodia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for podia

Misspelling Variants of "podia"

opdia5pdoia5podai5poddia6poida5ppodia6
Misspelling Variants of "podia"

Frequency rank: #942 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "podia"?
"podia" is spelled P-O-D-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /po.ˈʤi.ɐ/.
What does "podia" mean?
As a verb, "podia" means: primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo poder
What words are commonly confused with "podia"?
"podia" is commonly confused with "pois", "poxa", "popa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "podia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "podia" is /po.ˈʤi.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "podia" come from?
"podia" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.