Which to use
“perca” and “porção” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,502
- “perca” frequency rank
- #7,200
- “porção” frequency rank
- 11702
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perca | porção |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | peixe de água doce, da família dos Percídeos (Percidae), de carne muito apreciada | parte de algo, pedaço, ração, dose: |
Letter map: perca vs porção
Shared letters muted; letters that set perca and porção apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. perca runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against porção's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: perca and porção
perca and porção 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11702, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
perca is recorded at frequency rank #4,502, classified as anoun. porção is at rank #7,200, tagged as anoun, pronounced /puɾ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
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 11702, this pair ranks #61,100 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of perca vs porção
Shared letters: pr. Private to "perca": ace. Private to "porção": oãç.
"perca" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "porção" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- perca ← eprca · pecra · perac · percca · perrca · pperca · preca
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "perca" for "porção" ever safe?
Frequency check: "perca" vs "porção" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "perca" and "porção". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "perca" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "porção" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,100 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "perca" and "porção" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "porção vs punção". 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 #61,100 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.