champanha

noun

The verdict

“champanha” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #74,570 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,570
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vinho espumante da antiga província francesa de Champanhe (correspondente à atual região administrativa de Champanha-Ardenas) ou similar a este

Corpus desk

Index PT-champanha · champanha · Portuguese

champanha · rank #74,570 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,570
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH choroso

Nearest frequency peer: choroso (+8 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “champanha”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “champanha” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for champanha
PropertyValue
Headwordchampanha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#74,570
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “champanha” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).champanhacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “choroso” (#74,578), “capitular” (#74,559), “canary” (#74,557). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “champanha” fica em #74,570. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

champanha is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #74,570 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vinho espumante da antiga província francesa de Champanhe (correspondente à atual região administrativa de Champanha-Ardenas) ou similar a este".

No misspelling variants are generated for champanha in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 champanha, spelled C-H-A-M-P-A-N-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    vinho espumante da antiga província francesa de Champanhe (correspondente à atual região administrativa de Champanha-Ardenas) ou similar a este

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. "... - aos vencedores era oferecida uma champanha nacional."

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 "champanha"?
"champanha" is spelled C-H-A-M-P-A-N-H-A.
What does "champanha" mean?
As a noun, "champanha" means: vinho espumante da antiga província francesa de Champanhe (correspondente à atual região administrativa de Champanha-Ardenas) ou similar a este
What language does "champanha" come from?
"champanha" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list