choupo

/ˈʃow.pu/

//ˈʃow.pu// noun

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The verdict

“choupo” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #88,921 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#88,921
frequency rank, Portuguese
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - árvore do gênero Populus, geralmente crescem em lugares úmidos

Key facts for choupo
PropertyValue
Headwordchoupo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈʃow.pu/
Letters6
Frequency rank#88,921
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “choupo” 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). choupo lands here:

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

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for choupo is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈʃow.pu/. Corpus data places it at rank #88,921 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "árvore do gênero Populus, geralmente crescem em lugares úmidos".

No generated misspelling entries exist for choupo in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 choupo, spelled C-H-O-U-P-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    árvore do gênero Populus, geralmente crescem em lugares úmidos

Synonyms

álamo

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 "choupo"?
"choupo" is spelled C-H-O-U-P-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈʃow.pu/.
What does "choupo" mean?
As a noun, "choupo" means: árvore do gênero Populus, geralmente crescem em lugares úmidos
How do you pronounce "choupo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "choupo" is /ˈʃow.pu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "choupo" come from?
"choupo" 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 “choupo”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-H-O-U-P-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ˈʃow.pu/ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list