roca
/ˈRɔ.kɐ/
The verdict
“roca” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #20,120. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,120
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cana ou vara preparada para fiar
Corpus desk
Index PT-roca · roca · Portuguese
roca · rank #20,120 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,120
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH reservar
Nearest frequency peer: reservar (-4 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 “roca”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- refeitório
refeitório
79,890 corpus weight
- refinaria
refinaria
79,889 corpus weight
- reservar
reservar
79,885 corpus weight
- roca
roca
79,881 corpus weight
- serás
serás
79,873 corpus weight
- shape
shape
79,871 corpus weight
What this shows “roca” 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 | roca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈRɔ.kɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #20,120 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “roca”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around roca (IPA /ˈRɔ.kɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,120 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for roca, with forms such as "orca", "rcoa", and "roac". 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, "rua", "Rom", "rol", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is roca, spelled R-O-C-A.
Definition
- 1cana ou vara preparada para fiar
- 2funil na ponta de uma haste que serve para colher a fruta das árvores
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- orca
- rcoa
- roac
- rocca
- rroca
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of roca - 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.
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 "roca", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).