chapisco

noun

The verdict

“chapisco” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - revestimento inicial de argamassa aplicado em paredes para melhorar a aderência de reboco ou outro acabamento

Corpus desk

Index PT-chapisco · chapisco · Portuguese

chapisco · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for chapisco
PropertyValue
Headwordchapisco
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “chapisco” em português

chapisconão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chapisco is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "revestimento inicial de argamassa aplicado em paredes para melhorar a aderência de reboco ou outro acabamento".

No generated misspelling entries exist for chapisco in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is chapisco, spelled C-H-A-P-I-S-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    revestimento inicial de argamassa aplicado em paredes para melhorar a aderência de reboco ou outro acabamento

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. «O pedreiro começou pelo chapisco antes de aplicar o reboco.»

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chapisco"?
"chapisco" is spelled C-H-A-P-I-S-C-O.
What does "chapisco" mean?
As a noun, "chapisco" means: revestimento inicial de argamassa aplicado em paredes para melhorar a aderência de reboco ou outro acabamento
What language does "chapisco" come from?
"chapisco" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list