chan
/ˈʧan/
The verdict
“chan” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,862. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,862
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - semente comestível de certas espécies de sálvia (Salvia chia e Salvia hispanica)
Corpus desk
Index PT-chan · chan · Portuguese
chan · rank #8,862 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,862
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH ceo
Nearest frequency peer: ceo (-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 “chan”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- Ball
Ball
91,146 corpus weight
- ceo
ceo
91,140 corpus weight
- chan
chan
91,139 corpus weight
- comparecer
comparecer
91,136 corpus weight
- condomínio
condomínio
91,133 corpus weight
- confissão
confissão
91,132 corpus weight
What this shows “chan” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “chan”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around chan (IPA /ˈʧan/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,862 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).