Which to use
“poça” and “pousa” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,093
- “poça” frequency rank
- #29,092
- “pousa” frequency rank
- 58185
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poça | pousa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cavidade pouco profunda onde se acumula água | ato de pousar |
Where the eye mixes poça and pousa
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: poça vs pousa
A purely visual mix-up. poça (/ˈpo.sɐ/) and pousa (/ˈpo.zɐ/) 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 58185, 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/. pousa is at rank #29,092, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpo.zɐ/.
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 58185, this pair ranks #8,891 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of poça vs pousa
Shared letters: aop. Private to "poça": ç. Private to "pousa": su.
"poça" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "pousa" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pousa ← opusa · posua · pouas · poussa · ppousa · puosa
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "poça" and "pousa" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "poça" or "pousa"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "poça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pousa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,891 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poça" and "pousa" 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 #8,891 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.