chance

noun

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The verdict

“chance” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,271. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,271
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - possibilidade de algum acontecimento independente de intenção humana

Corpus desk

Index PT-chance · chance · Portuguese

chance · rank #1,271 · 9 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,271
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH breve

Nearest frequency peer: breve (-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 “chance”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “chance” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

chance vs chave
67% similar
chance vs chase
67% similar
chance vs charme
67% similar

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

Key facts for chance
PropertyValue
Headwordchance
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,271
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “chance”

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “breve” (#1,270), “ciência” (#1,272), “Argentina” (#1,269). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “chance” fica em #1,271. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around chance, anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,271 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "possibilidade de algum acontecimento independente de intenção humana".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for chance, with forms such as "cahnce", "cchance", and "chacne". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "chave", "chase", "charme", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is chance, spelled C-H-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    possibilidade de algum acontecimento independente de intenção humana

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. são poucas as chances de se ganhar na loteria

Synonyms

probabilidade

This word in other languages

chance(English)probabilidad(Español)chance(Français)Gelegenheit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahnce
  • cchance
  • chacne
  • chancce
  • chanec
  • channce
  • chhance
  • chnace
  • hcance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chance - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cahnce2cchance1chacne2chancce1chanec2channce1chhance1chnace2
Edit distance from "chance"

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 "chance"?
"chance" is spelled C-H-A-N-C-E.
What does "chance" mean?
As a noun, "chance" means: possibilidade de algum acontecimento independente de intenção humana
What words are commonly confused with "chance"?
"chance" is commonly confused with "chave", "chase", "charme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "chance" come from?
"chance" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ônibus#1,266doença#1,279trazer#1,263efeito#1,280

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

ciência9 variantstenham9 variantsglobal9 variantsnotícia9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list