polca
The verdict
“polca” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,684 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,684
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - espécie de dança a dois tempos, originária da Polónia ou da Boêmia
Corpus desk
Index PT-polca · polca · Portuguese
polca · rank #72,684 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,684
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pointer
Nearest frequency peer: pointer (-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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “polca”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- pebolim
pebolim
27,333 corpus weight
- pointer
pointer
27,318 corpus weight
- polca
polca
27,317 corpus weight
- potranca
potranca
27,312 corpus weight
- predatório
predatório
27,309 corpus weight
- prevent
prevent
27,305 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “polca” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #72,684 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “polca” em português
Rare enough to double-check
polca is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,684 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "espécie de dança a dois tempos, originária da Polónia ou da Boêmia".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for polca, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is polca, spelled P-O-L-C-A.
Definition
- 1espécie de dança a dois tempos, originária da Polónia ou da Boêmia
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how polca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Os curadores Beto Barsotti, Michi Oliva e Sergio Ferreira mostram que há algo mais do que guarânia e polca na trilha do discriminado vizinho.
This word in other languages
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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