chocolate
/ʃu.ku.ˈla.tɨ/
The verdict
“chocolate” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #2,562 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,562
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - alimento sólido, pastoso ou em pó produzido a partir do cacau, podendo ser acrescido de açúcar, leite e outras substâncias
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chocolate |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʃu.ku.ˈla.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #2,562 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chocolate” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for chocolate is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʃu.ku.ˈla.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,562 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for chocolate, with forms such as "cchocolate", "chcoolate", and "chhocolate". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is chocolate, spelled C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1alimento sólido, pastoso ou em pó produzido a partir do cacau, podendo ser acrescido de açúcar, leite e outras substâncias
- 2bebida preparada com pasta de chocolate e leite ou água, servida quente ou fria
- 3cor acastanhada escura, semelhante à do chocolate
- 4goleada
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cchocolate,chcoolate,chhocolate,choccolate,chocloate,chocoalte,chocolaet,chocolatte,chocollate,chocoltae,chooclate,cohcolate,hcocolate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chocolate - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “chocolate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʃu.ku.ˈla.tɨ/ (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
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.