Which to use
“porção” and “porra” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,200
- “porção” frequency rank
- #1,128
- “porra” frequency rank
- 8328
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | porção | porra |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | parte de algo, pedaço, ração, dose: | nome antigo de uma clava |
Letter map: porção vs porra
Shared letters muted; letters that set porção and porra apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. porção runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against porra's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Spelling & dictionary notes on porção vs porra
porção 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 8328, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
porção is recorded at frequency rank #7,200, classified as anoun, pronounced /puɾ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. 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 8328, this pair ranks #65,484 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of porção vs porra
Shared letters: opr. Private to "porção": ãç. Private to "porra": a.
"porção" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "porra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- porra ← oprra · pora · porar · pporra · prora
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "porção" and "porra" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "porção" or "porra" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "porção" vs "porra" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "porção" 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 #65,484 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "porção" and "porra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "porção vs punção". 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 #65,484 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.