charrua
/ʃɐ.ˈRu.ɐ/
The verdict
“charrua” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,126 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,126
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - arado grande
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | charrua |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʃɐ.ˈRu.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,126 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “charrua” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
charrua is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,126 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʃɐ.ˈRu.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for charrua in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is charrua, spelled C-H-A-R-R-U-A.
Definition
- 1arado grande
- 2antigo navio de três mastros
- 3automóvel ou barco lento
- 4relativo aos Charruas, tribo indígena do Sul do Brasil
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 “charrua”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-H-A-R-R-U-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʃɐ.ˈRu.ɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.