charco
/ˈʃaɾ.ku/
The verdict
“charco” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,818 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,818
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lamaçal, lodaçal, atoleiro, brejo
Corpus desk
Index PT-charco · charco · Portuguese
charco · rank #60,818 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,818
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH chamber
Nearest frequency peer: chamber (-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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “charco”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- carótida
carótida
39,193 corpus weight
- chamber
chamber
39,184 corpus weight
- charco
charco
39,183 corpus weight
- cobiçar
cobiçar
39,171 corpus weight
- coincidente
coincidente
39,170 corpus weight
- concordata
concordata
39,159 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “charco” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | charco |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃaɾ.ku/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #60,818 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “charco” em português
Rare enough to double-check
charco is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,818 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈʃaɾ.ku/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for charco in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is charco, spelled C-H-A-R-C-O.
Definition
- 1lamaçal, lodaçal, atoleiro, brejo
- 2acúmulo de água imunda
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how charco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
26 poetas hoje
This word in other languages
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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