popa
/ˈpɔ.pɐ/
The verdict
“popa” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #20,692. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,692
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - parte posterior do navio oposta à proa
Corpus desk
Index PT-popa · popa · Portuguese
popa · rank #20,692 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,692
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH Pietro
Nearest frequency peer: Pietro (-3 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “popa”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- persuadir
persuadir
79,316 corpus weight
- perverso
perverso
79,314 corpus weight
- picante
picante
79,313 corpus weight
- Pietro
Pietro
79,312 corpus weight
- popa
popa
79,309 corpus weight
- presenciar
presenciar
79,303 corpus weight
What this shows “popa” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | popa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɔ.pɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #20,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “popa”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around popa (IPA /ˈpɔ.pɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,692 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for popa, with forms such as "oppa", "poap", and "poppa". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "por", "povo", "puta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is popa, spelled P-O-P-A.
Definition
- 1parte posterior do navio oposta à proa
- 2parte traseira do corpo humano formada pelos músculos glúteos
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oppa
- poap
- poppa
- ppoa
- ppopa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of popa - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).