Which to use
“poça” and “porra” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,093
- “poça” frequency rank
- #1,128
- “porra” frequency rank
- 30221
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poça | porra |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cavidade pouco profunda onde se acumula água | nome antigo de uma clava |
Letter map: poça vs porra
Shared letters muted; letters that set poça and porra apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. poça runs 4 letters (CVCV) against porra's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: poça and porra
poça and porra 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 30221, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poça is recorded at frequency rank #29,093, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpo.sɐ/. porra is at rank #1,128, tagged as anoun.
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 30221, this pair ranks #38,200 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of poça vs porra
Shared letters: aop. Private to "poça": ç. Private to "porra": r.
"poça" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "porra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- porra ← oprra · pora · porar · pporra · prora
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "poça" for "porra" ever safe?
Frequency check: "poça" vs "porra" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "poça" and "porra".
- Full dictionary entry for "poça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "porra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,200 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poça" and "porra" 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 #38,200 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.