chan
/ˈʧan/
The verdict
“chan” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #8,862 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,862
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - semente comestível de certas espécies de sálvia (Salvia chia e Salvia hispanica)
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 | chan |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʧan/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #8,862 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chan” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for chan is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈʧan/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,862 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "semente comestível de certas espécies de sálvia (Salvia chia e Salvia hispanica)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for chan, with forms such as "cahn", "cchan", and "chann". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "clã", "chi", "che", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is chan, spelled C-H-A-N.
Definition
- 1semente comestível de certas espécies de sálvia (Salvia chia e Salvia hispanica)
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cahn,cchan,chann,chhan,chna,hcan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chan - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “chan”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-H-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈʧan/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “clã” - see the side-by-side comparison. chan vs clã
- 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.