chrono
/kʁɔ.nɔ/
The verdict
“chrono” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #76,178 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,178
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cronometrado, contado com a ajuda de um cronômetro:
Corpus desk
Index PT-chrono · chrono · Portuguese
chrono · rank #76,178 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,178
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH classicismo
Nearest frequency peer: classicismo (+4 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “chrono”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- bugio
bugio
23,853 corpus weight
- buço
buço
23,851 corpus weight
- Carles
Carles
23,843 corpus weight
- Catalunya
Catalunya
23,837 corpus weight
- chrono
chrono
23,823 corpus weight
- classicismo
classicismo
23,819 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “chrono” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chrono |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kʁɔ.nɔ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,178 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “chrono” em português
Rare enough to double-check
chrono is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #76,178 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kʁɔ.nɔ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "cronometrado, contado com a ajuda de um cronômetro:".
Zero misspellings are on record for chrono in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is chrono, spelled C-H-R-O-N-O.
Definition
- 1cronometrado, contado com a ajuda de um cronômetro:
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chrono appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
24 heures chrono
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 "chrono"?
What does "chrono" mean?
How do you pronounce "chrono"?
What language does "chrono" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chrono", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).