pola

//'pɔ.la/ para o ramo da àrvore/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#42,156

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pola is aPortuguesenoun. It means: estaca Pronounced /'pɔ.la/ para o ramo da àrvore. Often confused with por and pop.

Key facts for pola
PropertyValue
Headwordpola
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/'pɔ.la/ para o ramo da àrvore
Letters4
Frequency rank#42,156
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for pola is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /'pɔ.la/ para o ramo da àrvore. Corpus data places it at rank #42,156 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for pola, with forms such as "opla", "ploa", and "poal". 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, "por", "pop", "povo", 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 pola, spelled P-O-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    estaca
  2. 2
    ramo novo de árvore
  3. 3
    cada uma das varas verticais do espigueiro
  4. 4
    galinha nova que vai começar a pôr ovos; por extensão, mulher na adolescência

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: opla,ploa,poal,polla,ppola

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pola

Misspelling Variants of "pola"

opla4ploa4poal4polla5ppola5
Misspelling Variants of "pola"

Frequency rank: #42,156 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pola"?
"pola" is spelled P-O-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is /'pɔ.la/ para o ramo da àrvore.
What does "pola" mean?
As a noun, "pola" means: estaca
What words are commonly confused with "pola"?
"pola" is commonly confused with "por", "pop", "povo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pola"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pola" is /'pɔ.la/ para o ramo da àrvore. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pola" come from?
"pola" 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

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our Portuguese index:

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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.