troca

//ˈtɾɔ.kɐ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,264

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

troca is aPortuguesenoun. It means: o ato de trocar; substituir uma coisa por outra Pronounced /ˈtɾɔ.kɐ/. It ranks #1,264 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with trono and troço.

Key facts for troca
PropertyValue
Headwordtroca
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈtɾɔ.kɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,264
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for troca is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtɾɔ.kɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,264 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for troca, with forms such as "rtoca", "torca", and "trcoa". 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, "trono", "troço", "trote", 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 troca, spelled T-R-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
    o ato de trocar; substituir uma coisa por outra
  2. 2
    transferência simultânea de propriedades entre seus donos; permuta; barganha;

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtoca,torca,trcoa,troac,trocca,trroca,ttroca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for troca

Misspelling Variants of "troca"

rtoca5torca5trcoa5troac5trocca6trroca6ttroca6
Misspelling Variants of "troca"

Frequency rank: #1,264 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "troca"?
"troca" is spelled T-R-O-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈtɾɔ.kɐ/.
What does "troca" mean?
As a noun, "troca" means: o ato de trocar; substituir uma coisa por outra
What words are commonly confused with "troca"?
"troca" is commonly confused with "trono", "troço", "trote". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "troca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "troca" is /ˈtɾɔ.kɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "troca" come from?
"troca" 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.