choça

/ˈʃɔ.sɐ/

//ˈʃɔ.sɐ// noun

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The verdict

“choça” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,844 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,844
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,948
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - habitação simples, cabana

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)

Where “choça” 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). choça lands here:

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

choça is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,844 among 3,948 “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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Using “choça”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-H-O-Ç-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ˈʃɔ.sɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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