rocha

noun

The verdict

“rocha” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,042. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,042
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tipo de pedra caracterizado por ser um agregado compacto de um ou mais minerais, com estrutura uniforme ou não, que faz parte da crosta terrestre

Corpus desk

Index PT-rocha · rocha · Portuguese

rocha · rank #3,042 · 7 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,042
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH retirar

Nearest frequency peer: retirar (-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 “rocha”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “rocha” 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).

rocha vs rock
60% similar
rocha vs rosa
60% similar
rocha vs rota
60% similar

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

Key facts for rocha
PropertyValue
Headwordrocha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,042
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “rocha”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).rochacai 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 “retirar” (#3,041), “retirada” (#3,040), “senão” (#3,044). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “rocha” fica em #3,042. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around rocha, anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,042 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for rocha, with forms such as "orcha", "rcoha", and "rocah". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "rock", "rosa", "rota", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is rocha, spelled R-O-C-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    tipo de pedra caracterizado por ser um agregado compacto de um ou mais minerais, com estrutura uniforme ou não, que faz parte da crosta terrestre
  2. 2
    o que é sólido, forte, rígido

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. “De repente, tudo começou a tremer forte e com muito barulho. Achávamos que havia ocorrido um abatimento (quando um grande pedaço de rocha despenca no interior das grutas)”, lembra.
  2. Apesar de seus oitenta anos, é forte como uma rocha.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • orcha
  • rcoha
  • rocah
  • roccha
  • rochha
  • rohca
  • rrocha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rocha - 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.

orcha2rcoha2rocah2roccha1rochha1rohca2rrocha1
Edit distance from "rocha"

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 "rocha"?
"rocha" is spelled R-O-C-H-A.
What does "rocha" mean?
As a noun, "rocha" means: tipo de pedra caracterizado por ser um agregado compacto de um ou mais minerais, com estrutura uniforme ou não, que faz parte da crosta terrestre
What words are commonly confused with "rocha"?
"rocha" is commonly confused with "rock", "rosa", "rota". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "rocha" come from?
"rocha" 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 "rocha", 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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list