cânhamo
/ˈkɐ.ɲɐ.mu/
The verdict
“cânhamo” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #46,774 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #46,774
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - planta canabínea cujos abundantes filamentos servem para tecidos
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 | cânhamo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɐ.ɲɐ.mu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #46,774 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cânhamo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for cânhamo is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɐ.ɲɐ.mu/. Corpus data places it at rank #46,774 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cânhamo, with forms such as "ccânhamo", "cnâhamo", and "câhnamo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "chamo", "canhão", "cantão", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is cânhamo, spelled C-Â-N-H-A-M-O.
Definition
- 1planta canabínea cujos abundantes filamentos servem para tecidos
- 2fios ou pano de cânhamo
- 3designação de várias outras plantas filamentosas
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccânhamo,cnâhamo,câhnamo,cânahmo,cânhammo,cânhaom,cânhhamo,cânhmao,cânnhamo,âcnhamo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cânhamo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “cânhamo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-Â-N-H-A-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɐ.ɲɐ.mu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “chamo” - see the side-by-side comparison. cânhamo vs chamo
- 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.