voçoroca
/vo.soˈɾɔ.kɐ/
The verdict
“voçoroca” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fenômeno erosivo de terrenos arenosos onde o rápido fluxo de água, ao atingir o nível freático, provoca a criação de profundos barrancos com perda total de solo
Corpus desk
Index PT-vocoroca · voçoroca · Portuguese
voçoroca · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | voçoroca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /vo.soˈɾɔ.kɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “voçoroca” em português
Rare enough to double-check
voçoroca is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /vo.soˈɾɔ.kɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fenômeno erosivo de terrenos arenosos onde o rápido fluxo de água, ao atingir o nível freático, provoca a criação de profundos barrancos com perda total de solo".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for voçoroca, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 voçoroca, spelled V-O-Ç-O-R-O-C-A.
Definition
- 1fenômeno erosivo de terrenos arenosos onde o rápido fluxo de água, ao atingir o nível freático, provoca a criação de profundos barrancos com perda total de solo
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.