toca

Name: toca, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ˈtɔ.kɐ/

//ˈtɔ.kɐ// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“toca” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,545. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,545
frequency rank, Portuguese: 917
“T” headwords: 5
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 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)

Corpus desk

Index PT-toca · toca · Portuguese

toca · rank #2,545 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #2,545
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 5 variants
BOOK-MID 917
PHOTO-FINISH tivemos

Nearest frequency peer: tivemos (-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.

restaurante

97,463
termina

97,458
tivemos

97,457
toca

97,456
útil

97,452
alerta

97,450

What this shows “toca” 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).

toca vs tua

50% similar

toca vs tom

50% similar

toca vs Tor

25% similar

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

Key facts for toca
Property	Value
Headword	toca
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈtɔ.kɐ/
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#2,545
Misspellings tracked	5
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “toca”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.tocacai aqui:

#2,545

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “tivemos” (#2,544), “termina” (#2,543), “útil” (#2,549). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “toca” fica em #2,545. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around toca (IPA /ˈtɔ.kɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,545 among 917 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for toca, with forms such as "otca", "tcoa", and "toac". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, 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 toca, spelled T-O-C-A.

Definition

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
local usado para se esconder ou proteger
3
casa reles, miserável
4
parte da planta que a fixa ao solo e dele retira nutrientes

Synonyms

covilfurnatovoabrigo buraco refúgiobibocamansarda raiz rizoma

This word in other languages

burrow(English)madriguera(Español)clapier(Français)Bau(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

otca
tcoa
toac
tocca
ttoca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "toca"

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 "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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "toca", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

útil#2,549 raça#2,535 ator#2,556 bolo#2,560

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

neto5 variants meta5 variants seção5 variants vaga5 variants