choose

//t͡ʃuːz/, enPR: cho͞oz/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,290

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

choose is aPortugueseverb. It means: escolher Pronounced /t͡ʃuːz/, enPR: cho͞oz. Often confused with close and chore.

Key facts for choose
PropertyValue
Headwordchoose
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/t͡ʃuːz/, enPR: cho͞oz
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,290
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of choose in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for choose is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /t͡ʃuːz/, enPR: cho͞oz. Corpus data places it at rank #31,290 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "escolher".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for choose, with forms such as "cchoose", "chhoose", and "chooes". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "close", "chore", "choque", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is choose, spelled C-H-O-O-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    escolher

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cchoose,chhoose,chooes,choosse,chose,chosoe,cohose,hcoose

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for choose

Misspelling Variants of "choose"

cchoose7chhoose7chooes6choosse7chose5chosoe6cohose6hcoose6
Misspelling Variants of "choose"

Frequency rank: #31,290 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "choose"?
"choose" is spelled C-H-O-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is /t͡ʃuːz/, enPR: cho͞oz.
What does "choose" mean?
As a verb, "choose" means: escolher
What words are commonly confused with "choose"?
"choose" is commonly confused with "close", "chore", "choque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "choose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "choose" is /t͡ʃuːz/, enPR: cho͞oz. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "choose" come from?
"choose" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.