castanho

adj

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The verdict

“castanho” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,485. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,485
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - uma cor como a de chocolate ou café

Corpus desk

Index PT-castanho · castanho · Portuguese

castanho · rank #10,485 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,485
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH caravana

Nearest frequency peer: caravana (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “castanho”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “castanho” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

castanho vs Caetano
63% similar
castanho vs castanha
88% similar
castanho vs cascalho
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for castanho
PropertyValue
Headwordcastanho
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,485
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “castanho”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).castanhocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “caravana” (#10,484), “break” (#10,481), “bosque” (#10,480). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “castanho” fica em #10,485. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around castanho, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,485 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "uma cor como a de chocolate ou café".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for castanho, with forms such as "acstanho", "casatnho", and "casstanho". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Caetano", "castanha", "cascalho", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is castanho, spelled C-A-S-T-A-N-H-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    uma cor como a de chocolate ou café

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how castanho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A maior parte dos habitantes da África, Ásia, e das Américas têm olhos castanhos.

This word in other languages

brown(English)castaño(Español)brun(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acstanho
  • casatnho
  • casstanho
  • castahno
  • castanhho
  • castannho
  • castanoh
  • castnaho
  • casttanho
  • catsanho
  • ccastanho
  • csatanho

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of castanho - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acstanho2casatnho2casstanho1castahno2castanhho1castannho1castanoh2castnaho2
Edit distance from "castanho"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "castanho"?
"castanho" is spelled C-A-S-T-A-N-H-O.
What does "castanho" mean?
As an adjective, "castanho" means: uma cor como a de chocolate ou café
What words are commonly confused with "castanho"?
"castanho" is commonly confused with "Caetano", "castanha", "cascalho". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "castanho" come from?
"castanho" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "castanho", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

caravana#10,484aeronave#10,468Vinícius#10,456estímulo#10,528

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

arrogância12 variantssolitária12 variantsganhador12 variantsmuscular12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list