rockvsrodaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#1,227
“rock” frequency rank
#3,643
“roda” frequency rank
4870
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rock roda
Definition ver roque peça de formato circular que, presa a um eixo central, desempenha várias finalidades cinéticas (como a roda de um moinho, de um torno, etc.)

Letter map: rock vs roda

Shared letters muted; letters that set rock and roda apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
rock
4 ch
roda

Corpus notes: rock and roda

rock and roda 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 4870, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rock is recorded at frequency rank #1,227, classified as anoun. roda is at rank #3,643, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈʁɔ.dɐ/ [ˈhɔ.dɐ].

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 4870, this pair ranks #69,891 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of rock vs roda

Shared letters: or. Private to "rock": ck. Private to "roda": ad.

"rock" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "roda" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rockorck · rcok · rocck · rockk · rokc · rrock
  • rodaorda · rdoa · rodda · rroda

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rock" for "roda" ever safe?
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.
Frequency check: "rock" vs "roda" - which ranks higher?
"rock" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,227 in our Portuguese list, against #3,643 for "roda". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "rock" and "roda". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rock" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "roda" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,891 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rock" and "roda" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "roda vs ruma". 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 #69,891 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