chavo
The verdict
“chavo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,034 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,034
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - moeda de valor mínimo
Corpus desk
Index PT-chavo · chavo · Portuguese
chavo · rank #62,034 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,034
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH charrete
Nearest frequency peer: charrete (-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 “chavo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- canga
canga
37,985 corpus weight
- cardo
cardo
37,981 corpus weight
- Cayenne
Cayenne
37,976 corpus weight
- charrete
charrete
37,968 corpus weight
- chavo
chavo
37,967 corpus weight
- coité
coité
37,954 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “chavo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chavo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,034 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “chavo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
chavo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,034 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chavo, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists 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 chavo, spelled C-H-A-V-O.
Definition
- 1moeda de valor mínimo
- 2pouco valor
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chavo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Não ter de meu nem sequer dois chavos.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).