chavão
/ʃɐ.ˈvɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“chavão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,042 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,042
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aumentativo de chave
Corpus desk
Index PT-chavao · chavão · Portuguese
chavão · rank #64,042 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,042
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cathedral
Nearest frequency peer: cathedral (-3 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 “chavão”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- bissexto
bissexto
35,989 corpus weight
- bracarense
bracarense
35,982 corpus weight
- brig
brig
35,981 corpus weight
- cathedral
cathedral
35,962 corpus weight
- chavão
chavão
35,959 corpus weight
- creditar
creditar
35,927 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “chavão” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chavão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʃɐ.ˈvɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,042 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “chavão” em português
Rare enough to double-check
chavão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,042 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʃɐ.ˈvɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chavão, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is chavão, spelled C-H-A-V-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1aumentativo de chave
- 2molde de metal usado em pastelaria para aplicar enfeites em bolos e massas
- 3modelo adotado pelo senso comum; padrão
- 4palavra ou ideia sonante usada para tentar embelezar ou justificar um discurso que tenha pouco ou nenhum significado
- 5ideia muito óbvia, estereotipada
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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