champanha

noun

The verdict

“champanha” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #74,570 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#74,570
frequency rank, Portuguese
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - vinho espumante da antiga província francesa de Champanhe (correspondente à atual região administrativa de Champanha-Ardenas) ou similar a este

Key facts for champanha
PropertyValue
Headwordchampanha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#74,570
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “champanha” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). champanha lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for champanha is 9 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #74,570 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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

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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Using “champanha”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-H-A-M-P-A-N-H-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list