chocante
/ʃu.ˈkɐ̃.tɨ/
The verdict
“chocante” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #12,392 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #12,392
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que tem o poder de chocar
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 | chocante |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ʃu.ˈkɐ̃.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #12,392 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chocante” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for chocante is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʃu.ˈkɐ̃.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #12,392 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "que tem o poder de chocar".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for chocante, with forms such as "cchocante", "chcoante", and "chhocante". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "crocante", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented 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 chocante, spelled C-H-O-C-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1que tem o poder de chocar
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cchocante,chcoante,chhocante,choacnte,chocanet,chocannte,chocantte,chocatne,choccante,chocnate,cohcante,hcocante
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chocante - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “chocante”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-H-O-C-A-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʃu.ˈkɐ̃.tɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “crocante” - see the side-by-side comparison. chocante vs crocante
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.