Which to use
“poça” and “porta” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,093
- “poça” frequency rank
- #832
- “porta” frequency rank
- 29925
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poça | porta |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cavidade pouco profunda onde se acumula água | peça de madeira, metal ou vidro usada para fechar o buraco aberto numa construção por onde pessoas passam de um cômodo para outro ou de dentro para fora da construção |
Where the eye mixes poça and porta
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. poça runs 4 letters (CVCV) against porta's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between poça and porta
A purely visual mix-up. poça (/ˈpo.sɐ/) and porta (/ˈpɔɾ.tɐ/) 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 29925, 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/. porta is at rank #832, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɔɾ.tɐ/.
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 29925, this pair ranks #38,585 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of poça vs porta
Shared letters: aop. Private to "poça": ç. Private to "porta": rt.
"poça" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "porta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- porta ← oprta · porat · porrta · portta · potra · pporta · prota
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "poça" and "porta" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "poça" or "porta" show up more?
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 "poça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "porta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,585 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poça" and "porta" 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 #38,585 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.