Which to use
“pisca” and “poça” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,544
- “pisca” frequency rank
- #29,093
- “poça” frequency rank
- 50637
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pisca | poça |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | coisa muitíssimo pequena; pequeno grão; pó; fagulha | cavidade pouco profunda onde se acumula água |
Where the eye mixes pisca and poça
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. pisca runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against poça's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses pisca with poça
A purely visual mix-up. pisca (/ˈpiʃ.kɐ/) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50637, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pisca is recorded at frequency rank #21,544, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpiʃ.kɐ/. 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 50637, this pair ranks #14,316 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pisca vs poça
Shared letters: ap. Private to "pisca": cis. Private to "poça": oç.
"pisca" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "poça" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pisca ← ipsca · picsa · pisac · piscca · pissca · ppisca · psica
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pisca" for "poça" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "pisca" or "poça" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "pisca" 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 #14,316 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pisca" 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 #14,316 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.