Which to use
“pata” and “poça” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,417
- “pata” frequency rank
- #29,093
- “poça” frequency rank
- 44510
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pata | poça |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | a fêmea do pato | cavidade pouco profunda onde se acumula água |
Where the eye mixes pata and poça
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. pata and poça follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between pata and poça
A purely visual mix-up. pata (/ˈpa.tɐ/) and poça (/ˈpo.sɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44510, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pata is recorded at frequency rank #15,417, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpa.tɐ/. poça is at rank #29,093, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpo.sɐ/.
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 44510, this pair ranks #20,962 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pata vs poça
Shared letters: ap. Private to "pata": t. Private to "poça": oç.
"pata" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "poça" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pata ← apta · paat · patta · ppata · ptaa
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pata" and "poça" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "pata" vs "poça" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "pata" and "poça" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pata" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poça" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,962 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pata" and "poça" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "paçoca vs poça". 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 #20,962 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.