podia
/po.ˈʤi.ɐ/
The verdict
“podia” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #942 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #942
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo poder
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 | podia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /po.ˈʤi.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #942 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “podia” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for podia is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, 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 generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for podia, with forms such as "opdia", "pdoia", and "podai". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is podia, spelled P-O-D-I-A.
Definition
- 1primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo poder
- 2terceira 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of podia - 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.
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 “podia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-O-D-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /po.ˈʤi.ɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pois” - see the side-by-side comparison. podia vs pois
- 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.