porra
The verdict
“porra” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,128 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,128
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nome antigo de uma clava
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 | porra |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,128 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “porra” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for porra is 5 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #1,128 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for porra, with forms such as "oprra", "pora", and "porar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "poxa", "proa", "porto", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is porra, spelled P-O-R-R-A.
Definition
- 1nome antigo de uma clava
- 2cacete; pau; moca; barra
- 3genitália masculina; pênis
- 4o mesmo que esperma
- 5qualquer objeto; coisa
- 6algo muito ruim, porcaria
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: oprra,pora,porar,pporra,prora
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of porra - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “porra”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-O-R-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “poxa” - see the side-by-side comparison. porra vs poxa
- 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.