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The verdict

“che” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #11,600 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an interjection.

#11,600
frequency rank, Portuguese
3
letters
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - para expressar desprezo ou que se duvida da verdade do que se esta a ouvir

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

che vs co
33% similar
che vs cu
33% similar
che vs ci
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for che
PropertyValue
Headwordche
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechInterjection
Letters3
Frequency rank#11,600
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “che” 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). che lands here:

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

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for che is 3 letters long, classified as an interjection. Corpus data places it at rank #11,600 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for che, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "co", "cu", "ci", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is che, spelled C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    para expressar desprezo ou que se duvida da verdade do que se esta a ouvir
  2. 2
    reforço de negação
  3. 3
    para enxotar animais
  4. 4
    forma reforçativa da oração, para chamar a atenção da pessoa com quem se está a falar, por vezes como um tu enfático.

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 "che"?
"che" is spelled C-H-E.
What does "che" mean?
As an interjection, "che" means: para expressar desprezo ou que se duvida da verdade do que se esta a ouvir
What words are commonly confused with "che"?
"che" is commonly confused with "co", "cu", "ci". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "che" come from?
"che" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “che”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “co” - see the side-by-side comparison. che vs co
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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