touca

/ˈtow.kɐ/

//ˈtow.kɐ// noun

The verdict

“touca” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #28,398. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,398
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pano leve que cobre o cabelo, usado por mulheres

Corpus desk

Index PT-touca · touca · Portuguese

touca · rank #28,398 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,398
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH tola

Nearest frequency peer: tola (-2 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 “touca”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “touca” 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).

touca vs tua
60% similar
touca vs tuga
60% similar
touca vs tous
60% similar

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

Key facts for touca
PropertyValue
Headwordtouca
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈtow.kɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#28,398
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “touca”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).toucacai aqui:

#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 “tola” (#28,396), “toxicidade” (#28,400), “timing” (#28,394). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “touca” fica em #28,398. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around touca (IPA /ˈtow.kɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,398 among 917 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for touca, with forms such as "otuca", "tocua", and "touac". 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", "tuga", "tous", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is touca, spelled T-O-U-C-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    pano leve que cobre o cabelo, usado por mulheres
  2. 2
    turbante

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otuca
  • tocua
  • touac
  • toucca
  • ttouca
  • tuoca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

otuca2tocua2touac2toucca1ttouca1tuoca2
Edit distance from "touca"

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 "touca"?
"touca" is spelled T-O-U-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈtow.kɐ/.
What does "touca" mean?
As a noun, "touca" means: pano leve que cobre o cabelo, usado por mulheres
What words are commonly confused with "touca"?
"touca" is commonly confused with "tua", "tuga", "tous". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "touca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "touca" is /ˈtow.kɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "touca" come from?
"touca" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "touca", 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 (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list