chi
The verdict
“chi” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #10,328) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #10,328
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - quem
Corpus desk
Index PT-chi · chi · Portuguese
chi · rank #10,328 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,328
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH chase
Nearest frequency peer: chase (-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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “chi”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- calhar
calhar
89,680 corpus weight
- canela
canela
89,679 corpus weight
- cavalaria
cavalaria
89,676 corpus weight
- chase
chase
89,674 corpus weight
- chi
chi
89,673 corpus weight
- consecutivo
consecutivo
89,670 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “chi” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chi |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #10,328 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “chi”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for chi is neighbouring look-alikes ("co", "cu", …), not just typos; it is apronoun. Frequency #10,328 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Gloss: "quem".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for chi, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "co", "cu", "ci", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is chi, spelled C-H-I.
Definition
- 1quem
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chi beve latte?
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).