chá

/ˈʃa/

//ˈʃa// noun

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The verdict

“chá” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #2,711) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#2,711
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - planta da família das Teáceas, originária do Extremo Oriente, cultivada por causa de suas folhas que contêm um alcalóide, a teína (cafeína do chá)

Corpus desk

Index PT-cha · chá · Portuguese

chá · rank #2,711 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,711
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH colaboração

Nearest frequency peer: colaboração (+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 “chá”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “chá” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

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).

chá vs co
33% similar
chá vs cu
33% similar
chá vs ci
33% similar

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

Key facts for chá
PropertyValue
Headwordchá
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈʃa/
Letters3
Frequency rank#2,711
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “chá”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.chácai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “colaboração” (#2,712), “cansado” (#2,709), “beira” (#2,708). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “chá” fica em #2,711. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for chá is neighbouring look-alikes ("co", "cu", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈʃa/. Frequency #2,711 among 2,140 “C” headwords. 5 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

No generated misspelling entries exist for chá in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "co", "cu", "ci", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is chá, spelled C-H-Á.

Definition

  1. 1
    planta da família das Teáceas, originária do Extremo Oriente, cultivada por causa de suas folhas que contêm um alcalóide, a teína (cafeína do chá)
  2. 2
    as folhas secas dessa planta
  3. 3
    a preparação de infusão das folhas de chá
  4. 4
    infusão de diversas plantas, como por exemplo chá de erva cidreira, de erva doce, de camomila, de boldo, etc
  5. 5
    ato ou seu resultado que faz com que se tenha uma dose grande e extenuante

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Meu pai assustado com a cama branca com manchas de suor como mapas de uma cidade desconhecida. Os olhos azuis do meu avô agora pretos. Meu pai com o médico pelo colarinho. O médico fraco como chá de camomila.
  2. Chá de cadeira.

This word in other languages

tea(English)té(Español)thé(Français)Tee(Deutsch)

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 "chá"?
"chá" is spelled C-H-Á. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈʃa/.
What does "chá" mean?
As a noun, "chá" means: planta da família das Teáceas, originária do Extremo Oriente, cultivada por causa de suas folhas que contêm um alcalóide, a teína (cafeína do chá)
What words are commonly confused with "chá"?
"chá" is commonly confused with "co", "cu", "ci". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chá"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chá" is /ˈʃa/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chá" come from?
"chá" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

man#2,736pop#2,648Eis#2,833mel#2,843

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list