charrete

noun

The verdict

“charrete” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,033 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,033
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,948
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - veículo, em geral com duas rodas, puxado por um (mais raramente dois) cavalo ou outro equino

Key facts for charrete
PropertyValue
Headwordcharrete
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#62,033
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “charrete” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). charrete lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

charrete is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,033 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for charrete, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is charrete, spelled C-H-A-R-R-E-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    veículo, em geral com duas rodas, puxado por um (mais raramente dois) cavalo ou outro equino
  2. 2
    carroça

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

How do you spell "charrete"?
"charrete" is spelled C-H-A-R-R-E-T-E.
What does "charrete" mean?
As a noun, "charrete" means: veículo, em geral com duas rodas, puxado por um (mais raramente dois) cavalo ou outro equino
What language does "charrete" come from?
"charrete" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “charrete”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-H-A-R-R-E-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list