chapéu
/ʃɐ.ˈpɛw/
The verdict
“chapéu” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,513. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,513
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - cobertura com copa e aba para a cabeça de homem
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 | chapéu |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʃɐ.ˈpɛw/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,513 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chapéu” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around chapéu (IPA /ʃɐ.ˈpɛw/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,513 among 3,948 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for chapéu, with forms such as "cahpéu", "cchapéu", and "chappéu". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "chau", "chave", "chase", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is chapéu, spelled C-H-A-P-É-U.
Definition
- 1cobertura com copa e aba para a cabeça de homem
- 2cobertura de variados feitios para a cabeça de mulher ou criança
- 3parte superior do cogumelo
- 4resguardo, abrigo
- 5peça cilíndrica e achatada presa à saia do cabrestante
- 6no futebol, lance em que um jogador faz com que a bola passe por cima de um adversário e a pegue do outro lado do mesmo
- 7ato de enganar, de logro
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cahpéu,cchapéu,chappéu,chapué,chaépu,chhapéu,chpaéu,hcapéu
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chapéu - 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 “chapéu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-H-A-P-É-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʃɐ.ˈpɛw/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “chau” - see the side-by-side comparison. chapéu vs chau
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.