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Which to use

“racha” and “rocha” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#23,792
“racha” frequency rank
#3,042
“rocha” frequency rank
26834
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature racha rocha
Definition rachadura tipo de pedra caracterizado por ser um agregado compacto de um ou mais minerais, com estrutura uniforme ou não, que faz parte da crosta terrestre

Letter map: racha vs rocha

Shared letters muted; letters that set racha and rocha apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. racha and rocha follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
racha
5 ch
rocha

Corpus notes: racha and rocha

racha and rocha 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 a single letter - a in “racha” becomes o in “rocha”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26834, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

racha is recorded at frequency rank #23,792, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈχa.ʃa/. rocha is at rank #3,042, 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 26834, this pair ranks #42,257 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of racha vs rocha

Shared letters: achr. Private to "racha": -. Private to "rocha": o.

"racha" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "rocha" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • racha ← archa · racah · raccha · rachha · rahca · rcaha · rracha
  • rocha ← orcha · rcoha · rocah · roccha · rochha · rohca · rrocha

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "racha" and "rocha" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by a single letter - a in “racha” becomes o in “rocha”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "racha" vs "rocha" - which ranks higher?
"rocha" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,042 in our Portuguese list, against #23,792 for "racha". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "racha" and "rocha". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "racha" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rocha" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #42,257 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "racha" and "rocha" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "racha vs rapa". 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 #42,257 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list