chulé

/ʃu.ˈlɛ/

//ʃu.ˈlɛ// noun

The verdict

“chulé” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,628 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,628
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cheiro desagradável que o pé tem quando não está bem limpo

Corpus desk

Index PT-chule · chulé · Portuguese

chulé · rank #52,628 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,628
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH cobalt

Nearest frequency peer: cobalt (+6 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 “chulé”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “chulé” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
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)

Cauda longa: rank de “chulé” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.chulécai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “cobalt” (#52,634), “colibri” (#52,637), “carretel” (#52,617). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “chulé” fica em #52,628. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chulé is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,628 among 2,140 “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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chulé", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list