charque
/ˈʃaɹ.ki/
The verdict
“charque” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,999 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,999
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - carne bovina salgada, curtida e cortada em mantas
Corpus desk
Index PT-charque · charque · Portuguese
charque · rank #55,999 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,999
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH chantagista
Nearest frequency peer: chantagista (-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 “charque”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- centopeia
centopeia
44,004 corpus weight
- chantagista
chantagista
44,003 corpus weight
- charque
charque
44,002 corpus weight
- chest
chest
44,000 corpus weight
- cocada
cocada
43,994 corpus weight
- congestiona…
congestionado
43,983 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “charque” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | charque |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃaɹ.ki/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,999 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “charque” em português
Rare enough to double-check
charque is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,999 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈʃaɹ.ki/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for charque in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is charque, spelled C-H-A-R-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1carne bovina salgada, curtida e cortada em mantas
- 2genitália externa feminina; a vulva
Synonyms
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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