troca

/ˈtɾɔ.kɐ/

//ˈtɾɔ.kɐ// noun

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The verdict

“troca” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,264. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,264
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o ato de trocar; substituir uma coisa por outra

Corpus desk

Index PT-troca · troca · Portuguese

troca · rank #1,264 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,264
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH trazer

Nearest frequency peer: trazer (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “troca”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “troca” 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).

troca vs trono
60% similar
troca vs troço
60% similar
troca vs trote
60% similar

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

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)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “troca”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).trocacai 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 “trazer” (#1,263), “verdadeiro” (#1,265), “tom” (#1,262). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “troca” fica em #1,264. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around troca (IPA /ˈtɾɔ.kɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,264 among 917 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for troca, with forms such as "rtoca", "torca", and "trcoa". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "trono", "troço", "trote", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is troca, spelled T-R-O-C-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    o ato de trocar; substituir uma coisa por outra
  2. 2
    transferência simultânea de propriedades entre seus donos; permuta; barganha;

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how troca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Assistimos à troca da guarda em Ottawa.
  2. Joãozinho fez uma troca com o estrangeiro e obteve três feijões mágicos.

Synonyms

permutapermutaçãosubstituiçãoalborquecâmbioescambo

This word in other languages

barter(English)trueque(Español)troc(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtoca
  • torca
  • trcoa
  • troac
  • trocca
  • trroca
  • ttroca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rtoca2torca2trcoa2troac2trocca1trroca1ttroca1
Edit distance from "troca"

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 "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

breve#1,270preto#1,255penso#1,253hotel#1,241

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

doença7 variantsefeito7 variantscasal7 variantsbasta7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list