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The verdict

“poxa” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #20,097. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,097
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - indica surpresa, admiração, irritação

Corpus desk

Index PT-poxa · poxa · Portuguese

poxa · rank #20,097 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,097
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH praticante

Nearest frequency peer: praticante (+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 “poxa”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “poxa” 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).

poxa vs puta
50% similar
poxa vs puma
50% similar
poxa vs proa
50% similar

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

Key facts for poxa
PropertyValue
Headwordpoxa
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechInterjection
Letters4
Frequency rank#20,097
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “poxa”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).poxacai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “praticante” (#20,098), “preferencial” (#20,099), “political” (#20,093). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “poxa” fica em #20,097. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around poxa, aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #20,097 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for poxa, with forms such as "opxa", "poax", and "poxxa". 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", "proa", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is poxa, spelled P-O-X-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    indica surpresa, admiração, irritação
  2. 2
    expressa apelo à compaixão do interlocutor para um pedido
  3. 3
    expressa apelo à compreensão diante de uma negativa

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how poxa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A grumixama é uma frutinha saborosa, com boa acidez e doçura, "Minha primeira reação ao ouvir falar foi: "Poxa, grumixama? Que nome feio".
  2. Toada - O canto do Amazonas Livro-Reportagem sobre a trajetória da Toada de Boi-Bumbá de Parintins

Synonyms

puxa vidapuxa vida

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opxa
  • poax
  • poxxa
  • ppoxa
  • pxoa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of poxa - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

opxa2poax2poxxa1ppoxa1pxoa2
Edit distance from "poxa"

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 "poxa"?
"poxa" is spelled P-O-X-A.
What does "poxa" mean?
As an interjection, "poxa" means: indica surpresa, admiração, irritação
What words are commonly confused with "poxa"?
"poxa" is commonly confused with "puta", "puma", "proa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "poxa" come from?
"poxa" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

past#20,081roca#20,120sois#20,136many#20,050

Similar misspelling depth

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

Togo5 variantsgema5 variantsgate5 variantsaveia5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list