chincha
The verdict
“chincha” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,707 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,707
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - barco de pesca
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chincha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,707 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chincha” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chincha is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,707 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for chincha in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is chincha, spelled C-H-I-N-C-H-A.
Definition
- 1barco de pesca
- 2rede pequena, utilizada no arrastão
- 3instrumento feito de barbantes e utilizado para firmar o arreio, o pelego, a badana, e o bacheiro que estão sobre as costas do cavalo
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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Using “chincha”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-H-I-N-C-H-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.