chouriço
/ʃow.ˈɾi.su/
The verdict
“chouriço” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #38,626 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #38,626
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - enchido feito após a matança do porco com as entranhas desse animal temperadas de forma variável consoante a região; tradicionalmente enche-se um bocado de tripa do porco com o sangue, miúdos, cebo...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chouriço |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʃow.ˈɾi.su/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #38,626 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chouriço” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for chouriço is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʃow.ˈɾi.su/. Corpus data places it at rank #38,626 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "enchido feito após a matança do porco com as entranhas desse animal temperadas de forma variável consoante a região; tradicionalmente enche-se um bocado de tripa do porco com o sangue, miúdos, cebo...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for chouriço, with forms such as "cchouriço", "chhouriço", and "choruiço". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 chouriço, spelled C-H-O-U-R-I-Ç-O.
Definition
- 1enchido feito após a matança do porco com as entranhas desse animal temperadas de forma variável consoante a região; tradicionalmente enche-se um bocado de tripa do porco com o sangue, miúdos, cebola, salsa e sal
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cchouriço,chhouriço,choruiço,chouirço,chourioç,chourriço,chourçio,chuoriço,cohuriço,hcouriço
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chouriço - 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 “chouriço”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-H-O-U-R-I-Ç-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʃow.ˈɾi.su/ (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.