C
The verdict
“C” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #372) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #372
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - linguagem de programação de alto nível para computadores, voltada para o desenvolvimento de sistemas e aplicativos
Corpus desk
Index PT-c · C · Portuguese
C · rank #372 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #372
- LEN-SHORT 1 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH algum
Nearest frequency peer: algum (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “C”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- tenha
tenha
99,632 corpus weight
- algum
algum
99,630 corpus weight
- C
C
99,629 corpus weight
- cinco
cinco
99,628 corpus weight
- desenvolvim…
desenvolvimento
99,627 corpus weight
- dessa
dessa
99,626 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “C” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “C”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for C is neighbouring look-alikes ("co", "ce", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #372 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how C appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C é uma linguagem de programação estruturada.
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.