cheek
/tʃiːk/
The verdict
“cheek” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #66,684 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,684
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bochecha
Corpus desk
Index PT-cheek · cheek · Portuguese
cheek · rank #66,684 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,684
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cesárea
Nearest frequency peer: cesárea (-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 “cheek”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- cachola
cachola
33,344 corpus weight
- cesárea
cesárea
33,320 corpus weight
- cheek
cheek
33,317 corpus weight
- cinque
cinque
33,314 corpus weight
- coaxial
coaxial
33,309 corpus weight
- colhões
colhões
33,304 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cheek” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cheek |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tʃiːk/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,684 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cheek” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cheek is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #66,684 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /tʃiːk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bochecha".
Zero misspellings are on record for cheek in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 cheek, spelled C-H-E-E-K.
Definition
- 1bochecha
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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