C
The verdict
“C” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #372 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #372
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1
- letter
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - linguagem de programação de alto nível para computadores, voltada para o desenvolvimento de sistemas e aplicativos
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | C |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 1 |
| Frequency rank | #372 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “C” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for C is 1 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #372 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "linguagem de programação de alto nível para computadores, voltada para o desenvolvimento de sistemas e aplicativos".
No misspelling variants are generated for C in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "co", "ce", "cu", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is C, spelled C.
Definition
- 1linguagem de programação de alto nível para computadores, voltada para o desenvolvimento de sistemas e aplicativos
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “C”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “co” - see the side-by-side comparison. C vs co
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.