Which to use
“placa” and “poça” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,510
- “placa” frequency rank
- #29,093
- “poça” frequency rank
- 32603
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | placa | poça |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | peça de materiais diversos longa e larga mas de pouca espessura | cavidade pouco profunda onde se acumula água |
Where the eye mixes placa and poça
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: placa vs poça
A purely visual mix-up. placa (/ˈpla.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 32603, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
placa is recorded at frequency rank #3,510, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpla.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 32603, this pair ranks #35,162 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of placa vs poça
Shared letters: ap. Private to "placa": cl. Private to "poça": oç.
"placa" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "poça" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- placa ← lpaca · palca · plaac · placca · plcaa · pllaca · pplaca
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "placa" and "poça" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "placa" vs "poça" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "placa" 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 #35,162 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "placa" 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 #35,162 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.