choça

/ˈʃɔ.sɐ/

//ˈʃɔ.sɐ// noun

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The verdict

“choça” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,844 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,844
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - habitação simples, cabana

Corpus desk

Index PT-choca · choça · Portuguese

choça · rank #70,844 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,844
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH choramingar

Nearest frequency peer: choramingar (-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 “choça”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “choça” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for choça
PropertyValue
Headwordchoça
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈʃɔ.sɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#70,844
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “choça” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.choçacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “choramingar” (#70,843), “claraboia” (#70,849), “Cobol” (#70,853). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “choça” fica em #70,844. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

choça is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,844 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈʃɔ.sɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for choça in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is choça, spelled C-H-O-Ç-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    habitação simples, cabana
  2. 2
    casa imunda, pobre
  3. 3
    cama
  4. 4
    carvão de urze

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 "choça"?
"choça" is spelled C-H-O-Ç-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈʃɔ.sɐ/.
What does "choça" mean?
As a noun, "choça" means: habitação simples, cabana
How do you pronounce "choça"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "choça" is /ˈʃɔ.sɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "choça" come from?
"choça" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "choça", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Cobol#70,853boçal#70,815tally#70,634swear#70,629

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list