Which to use
“poça” is a noun and “poucas” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,093
- “poça” frequency rank
- #2,023
- “poucas” frequency rank
- 31116
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poça | poucas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cavidade pouco profunda onde se acumula água | feminino plural de pouco |
Letter map: poça vs poucas
Shared letters muted; letters that set poça and poucas apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. poça runs 4 letters (CVCV) against poucas's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for poça / poucas
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: poça is anoun and poucasanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31116, 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/. poucas is at rank #2,023, tagged as anadj.
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 31116, this pair ranks #37,071 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of poça vs poucas
Shared letters: aop. Private to "poça": ç. Private to "poucas": csu.
"poça" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "poucas" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- poucas ← opucas · pocuas · pouacs · poucass · pouccas · poucsa · ppoucas · puocas
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "poça" and "poucas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "poça" or "poucas" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "poça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poucas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,071 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poça" and "poucas" 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 #37,071 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.