pousa
/ˈpo.zɐ/
The verdict
“pousa” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #29,092. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,092
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato de pousar
Corpus desk
Index PT-pousa · pousa · Portuguese
pousa · rank #29,092 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,092
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH poça
Nearest frequency peer: poça (+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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “pousa”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- Piero
Piero
70,916 corpus weight
- polaco
polaco
70,913 corpus weight
- pompa
pompa
70,912 corpus weight
- pousa
pousa
70,909 corpus weight
- poça
poça
70,908 corpus weight
- privatizar
privatizar
70,906 corpus weight
What this shows “pousa” 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 | pousa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpo.zɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #29,092 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “pousa”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around pousa (IPA /ˈpo.zɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,092 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for pousa, with forms such as "opusa", "posua", and "pouas". 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, "puta", "puma", "poxa", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is pousa, spelled P-O-U-S-A.
Definition
- 1ato de pousar
- 2local em que se coloca a carga ao fazer uma pausa para descanso
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opusa
- posua
- pouas
- poussa
- ppousa
- puosa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pousa - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pousa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).