racharvsrochaConfusable pair

Quick tell: rachar is a verb, rocha is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rachar” is a verb and “rocha” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,522
“rachar” frequency rank
#3,042
“rocha” frequency rank
34564
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rachar rocha
Definition dividir em rachas 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: rachar vs rocha

Shared letters muted; letters that set rachar and rocha apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
rachar
5 ch
rocha

Grammar separator: rachar vs rocha

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: rachar is averb and rochaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34564, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rachar is recorded at frequency rank #31,522, classified as averb, pronounced /Rɐ.ˈʃaɾ/. 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 34564, this pair ranks #32,664 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rachar vs rocha

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

"rachar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "rocha" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rachararchar · racahr · racchar · racharr · rachhar · rachra · rahcar · rcahar
  • rochaorcha · rcoha · rocah · roccha · rochha · rohca · rrocha

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rachar" and "rocha" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rachar" is a verb and "rocha" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "rachar" or "rocha" show up more?
"rocha" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,042 in our Portuguese list, against #31,522 for "rachar". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "rachar" and "rocha".

  • Full dictionary entry for "rachar" 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 #32,664 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rachar" and "rocha" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rachar vs recear". 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 #32,664 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