prosa
/ˈpɾɔ.zɐ/
The verdict
“prosa” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,526. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,526
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - forma natural de falar ou escrever sem versos, métrica ou rima
Corpus desk
Index PT-prosa · prosa · Portuguese
prosa · rank #12,526 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,526
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH proliferação
Nearest frequency peer: proliferação (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “prosa”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pijama
pijama
87,483 corpus weight
- prejudicial
prejudicial
87,478 corpus weight
- proliferação
proliferação
87,476 corpus weight
- prosa
prosa
87,475 corpus weight
- prostituta
prostituta
87,474 corpus weight
- quesito
quesito
87,469 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “prosa” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | prosa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɾɔ.zɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #12,526 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “prosa” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around prosa (IPA /ˈpɾɔ.zɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,526 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for prosa, with forms such as "porsa", "pprosa", and "proas". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "prove", "proto", "provar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is prosa, spelled P-R-O-S-A.
Definition
- 1forma natural de falar ou escrever sem versos, métrica ou rima
- 2lábia, astúcia
- 3conversa, bate-papo
- 4fanfarrice, gabolice
- 5pessoa gabola
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- porsa
- pprosa
- proas
- prossa
- prrosa
- prsoa
- rposa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prosa - 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 "prosa", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "prosa". Here's where to go from here.
- "prosa" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "prove". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #12,526 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.