rocavsrogoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#20,120
“roca” frequency rank
#40,771
“rogo” frequency rank
60891
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature roca rogo
Definition cana ou vara preparada para fiar pedido

Where the eye mixes roca and rogo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
roca
4 ch
rogo

Visual trap between roca and rogo

A purely visual mix-up. roca (/ˈRɔ.kɐ/) and rogo (/ˈRo.ɡu/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60891, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

roca is recorded at frequency rank #20,120, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈRɔ.kɐ/. rogo is at rank #40,771, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈRo.ɡu/.

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 60891, this pair ranks #7,432 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of roca vs rogo

Shared letters: or. Private to "roca": ac. Private to "rogo": g.

"roca" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "rogo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rocaorca · rcoa · roac · rocca · rroca
  • rogorgoo · roggo · roog · rrogo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "roca" for "rogo" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ˈRɔ.kɐ/ versus /ˈRo.ɡu/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "roca" or "rogo"?
"roca" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,120 in our Portuguese list, against #40,771 for "rogo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "roca" and "rogo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "roca" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rogo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #7,432 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "roca" and "rogo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "robe vs rogo". 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 #7,432 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