proa
/ˈpɾo.ɐ/
The verdict
“proa” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #20,411) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #20,411
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - parte dianteira do navio
Corpus desk
Index PT-proa · proa · Portuguese
proa · rank #20,411 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,411
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH progressivo
Nearest frequency peer: progressivo (+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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “proa”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- prevalência
prevalência
79,594 corpus weight
- princess
princess
79,592 corpus weight
- proa
proa
79,590 corpus weight
- progressivo
progressivo
79,589 corpus weight
- prolongar
prolongar
79,588 corpus weight
- próspero
próspero
79,585 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “proa” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | proa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɾo.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #20,411 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “proa”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for proa is neighbouring look-alikes ("puta", "puro", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈpɾo.ɐ/. Frequency #20,411 among 1,578 “P” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for proa, with forms such as "pproa", "prroa", and "rpoa". 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", "puro", "prol", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 proa, spelled P-R-O-A.
Definition
- 1parte dianteira do navio
- 2frente
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pproa
- prroa
- rpoa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of proa - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "proa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).