pousada

/pow.ˈza.dɐ/

//pow.ˈza.dɐ// noun

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The verdict

“pousada” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #14,678. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,678
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hotel modesto, em geral com poucos quartos

Corpus desk

Index PT-pousada · pousada · Portuguese

pousada · rank #14,678 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,678
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH posicionar

Nearest frequency peer: posicionar (-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 “pousada”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “pousada” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pousada vs pousar
71% similar
pousada vs pousa
71% similar
pousada vs pesada
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pousada
PropertyValue
Headwordpousada
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pow.ˈza.dɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,678
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “pousada”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).pousadacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “posicionar” (#14,677), “portador” (#14,676), “policiamento” (#14,675). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pousada” fica em #14,678. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around pousada (IPA /pow.ˈza.dɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,678 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pousada, with forms such as "opusada", "posuada", and "pouasda". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "pousar", "pousa", "pesada", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 pousada, spelled P-O-U-S-A-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    hotel modesto, em geral com poucos quartos
  2. 2
    hotel rústico

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opusada
  • posuada
  • pouasda
  • pousaad
  • pousadda
  • pousdaa
  • poussada
  • ppousada
  • puosada

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pousada - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

opusada2posuada2pouasda2pousaad2pousadda1pousdaa2poussada1ppousada1
Edit distance from "pousada"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pousada"?
"pousada" is spelled P-O-U-S-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is /pow.ˈza.dɐ/.
What does "pousada" mean?
As a noun, "pousada" means: hotel modesto, em geral com poucos quartos
What words are commonly confused with "pousada"?
"pousada" is commonly confused with "pousar", "pousa", "pesada". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pousada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pousada" is /pow.ˈza.dɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pousada" come from?
"pousada" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pousada", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

regente#14,694ordenar#14,660seduzir#14,707matança#14,646

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

rancor9 variantstesoura9 variantsimitação9 variantsvioleta9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list