jocavsjudocaTell them apart

Which to use

“joca” and “judoca” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,227
“joca” frequency rank
#45,904
“judoca” frequency rank
78131
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature joca judoca
Definition quem não tem disposição aquele que luta judô

Letter map: joca vs judoca

Shared letters muted; letters that set joca and judoca apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. joca runs 4 letters (CVCV) against judoca's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
joca
6 ch
judoca

Pair insight - joca / judoca

joca and judoca are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78131, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

joca is recorded at frequency rank #32,227, classified as anoun. judoca is at rank #45,904, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ʒu.ˈdɔ.kɐ/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 78131, this pair ranks #1,728 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of joca vs judoca

Shared letters: acjo. Private to "joca": -. Private to "judoca": du.

"joca" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "judoca" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • joca ← jcoa · jjoca · joac · jocca · ojca
  • judoca ← jduoca · jjudoca · judcoa · juddoca · judoac · judocca · juodca · ujdoca

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "joca" for "judoca" ever safe?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "joca" or "judoca"?
"joca" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,227 in our Portuguese list, against #45,904 for "judoca". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "joca" vs "judoca" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "joca" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "judoca" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,728 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "joca" and "judoca" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "judo vs judoca". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,728 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list