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

#3,042
“rocha” frequency rank
#8,388
“ronda” frequency rank
11430
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rocha ronda
Definition 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 grupo de soldados ou de outras pessoas que percorre as ruas, ou visita algum posto, velando pela manutenção da ordem

Letter map: rocha vs ronda

Shared letters muted; letters that set rocha and ronda apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. rocha and ronda follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
rocha
5 ch
ronda

Pair insight - rocha / ronda

rocha and ronda 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11430, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rocha is recorded at frequency rank #3,042, classified as anoun. ronda is at rank #8,388, 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 11430, this pair ranks #61,407 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of rocha vs ronda

Shared letters: aor. Private to "rocha": ch. Private to "ronda": dn.

"rocha" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "ronda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rocha ← orcha · rcoha · rocah · roccha · rochha · rohca · rrocha
  • ronda ← ornda · rnoda · rodna · ronad · rondda · ronnda · rronda

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rocha" and "ronda" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "rocha" or "ronda" show up more?
"rocha" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,042 in our Portuguese list, against #8,388 for "ronda". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "rocha" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ronda" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #61,407 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rocha" and "ronda" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rodo vs ronda". 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 #61,407 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