toca

//ˈtɔ.kɐ// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,545

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

toca is aPortuguesenoun. It means: buraco, natural ou aberto por alguns animais (roedores, aves, desdentados, etc.), usado como abrigo em árvores, solo, pedras ou outros ambientes (como a casa de troncos do castor) Pronounced /ˈtɔ.kɐ/. It ranks #2,545 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with tua and tom.

Key facts for toca
PropertyValue
Headwordtoca
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈtɔ.kɐ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,545
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for toca is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtɔ.kɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,545 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for toca, with forms such as "otca", "tcoa", and "toac". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tua", "tom", "Tor", 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 toca, spelled T-O-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    buraco, natural ou aberto por alguns animais (roedores, aves, desdentados, etc.), usado como abrigo em árvores, solo, pedras ou outros ambientes (como a casa de troncos do castor)
  2. 2
    local usado para se esconder ou proteger
  3. 3
    casa reles, miserável
  4. 4
    parte da planta que a fixa ao solo e dele retira nutrientes

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: otca,tcoa,toac,tocca,ttoca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for toca

Misspelling Variants of "toca"

otca4tcoa4toac4tocca5ttoca5
Misspelling Variants of "toca"

Frequency rank: #2,545 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "toca"?
"toca" is spelled T-O-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈtɔ.kɐ/.
What does "toca" mean?
As a noun, "toca" means: buraco, natural ou aberto por alguns animais (roedores, aves, desdentados, etc.), usado como abrigo em árvores, solo, pedras ou outros ambientes (como a casa de troncos do castor)
What words are commonly confused with "toca"?
"toca" is commonly confused with "tua", "tom", "Tor". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "toca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "toca" is /ˈtɔ.kɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "toca" come from?
"toca" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter T in our Portuguese index:

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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.