chulé

/ʃu.ˈlɛ/

//ʃu.ˈlɛ// noun

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The verdict

“chulé” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,628 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,628
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,948
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - cheiro desagradável que o pé tem quando não está bem limpo

Key facts for chulé
PropertyValue
Headwordchulé
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ʃu.ˈlɛ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#52,628
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “chulé” 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). chulé lands here:

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

chulé is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,628 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʃu.ˈlɛ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "cheiro desagradável que o pé tem quando não está bem limpo".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chulé, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is chulé, spelled C-H-U-L-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    cheiro desagradável que o pé tem quando não está bem limpo

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 "chulé"?
"chulé" is spelled C-H-U-L-É. The IPA pronunciation is /ʃu.ˈlɛ/.
What does "chulé" mean?
As a noun, "chulé" means: cheiro desagradável que o pé tem quando não está bem limpo
How do you pronounce "chulé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chulé" is /ʃu.ˈlɛ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chulé" come from?
"chulé" 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 “chulé”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-H-U-L-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ʃu.ˈlɛ/ (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

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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