choro
/ˈʃo.ɾu/
The verdict
“choro” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,879. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,879
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato de chorar
Corpus desk
Index PT-choro · choro · Portuguese
choro · rank #7,879 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,879
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH chumbo
Nearest frequency peer: chumbo (+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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “choro”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- cela
cela
92,126 corpus weight
- choro
choro
92,122 corpus weight
- chumbo
chumbo
92,121 corpus weight
- chute
chute
92,120 corpus weight
- citação
citação
92,119 corpus weight
- colonização
colonização
92,118 corpus weight
What this shows “choro” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | choro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃo.ɾu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,879 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “choro”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around choro (IPA /ˈʃo.ɾu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,879 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for choro, with forms such as "cchoro", "chhoro", and "choor". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cor", "como", "copo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is choro, spelled C-H-O-R-O.
Definition
- 1ato de chorar
- 2pranto
- 3tipo de música brasileira predominantemente instrumental e com predomínio de cordofones geralmente; o mesmo que chorinho
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchoro
- chhoro
- choor
- chorro
- chroo
- cohro
- hcoro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of choro - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "choro", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).