sacola

//sɐ.ˈkɔ.lɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,977

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

sacola is aPortuguesenoun. It means: saco de dois alforjes ou fundos que frades mendicantes usam para recolher as dádivas e que ainda hoje usam os pedintes para levar as esmolas Pronounced /sɐ.ˈkɔ.lɐ/. Often confused with sala and Samoa.

Key facts for sacola
PropertyValue
Headwordsacola
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/sɐ.ˈkɔ.lɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,977
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sacola in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for sacola is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sɐ.ˈkɔ.lɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #12,977 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for sacola, with forms such as "ascola", "saccola", and "sacloa". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "sala", "Samoa", "saco", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is sacola, spelled S-A-C-O-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    saco de dois alforjes ou fundos que frades mendicantes usam para recolher as dádivas e que ainda hoje usam os pedintes para levar as esmolas
  2. 2
    bornal de pedinte ou de frade mendicante
  3. 3
    alforje
  4. 4
    saco plástico

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ascola,saccola,sacloa,sacoal,sacolla,saocla,scaola,ssacola

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sacola

Misspelling Variants of "sacola"

ascola6saccola7sacloa6sacoal6sacolla7saocla6scaola6ssacola7
Misspelling Variants of "sacola"

Frequency rank: #12,977 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sacola"?
"sacola" is spelled S-A-C-O-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is /sɐ.ˈkɔ.lɐ/.
What does "sacola" mean?
As a noun, "sacola" means: saco de dois alforjes ou fundos que frades mendicantes usam para recolher as dádivas e que ainda hoje usam os pedintes para levar as esmolas
What words are commonly confused with "sacola"?
"sacola" is commonly confused with "sala", "Samoa", "saco". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sacola"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sacola" is /sɐ.ˈkɔ.lɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sacola" come from?
"sacola" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.