chão
The verdict
“chão” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,140. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,140
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - corda
Corpus desk
Index PT-chao · chão · Portuguese
chão · rank #1,140 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,140
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cena
Nearest frequency peer: cena (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “chão”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- carreira
carreira
98,864 corpus weight
- cena
cena
98,862 corpus weight
- chão
chão
98,861 corpus weight
- completamen…
completamente
98,860 corpus weight
- cuidado
cuidado
98,859 corpus weight
- el
el
98,858 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “chão” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | chão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,140 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “chão” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around chão, anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,140 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "corda".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for chão, with forms such as "cchão", "chhão", and "choã". 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, "co", "clã", "chi", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is chão, spelled C-H-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1corda
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chão appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
buộc bằng chão
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchão
- chhão
- choã
- cãho
- hcão
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chão - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chão", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "chão". Here's where to go from here.
- "chão" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "co". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,140 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.