polca
The verdict
“polca” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,684 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,684
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - espécie de dança a dois tempos, originária da Polónia ou da Boêmia
| 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) |
Where “polca” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
polca is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,684 among 3,113 “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
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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Using “polca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-O-L-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.