chumaço
/ʃu.ˈma.su/
The verdict
“chumaço” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - espécie de almofada
Corpus desk
Index PT-chumaco · chumaço · Portuguese
chumaço · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chumaço |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʃu.ˈma.su/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “chumaço” em português
Rare enough to double-check
chumaço is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʃu.ˈma.su/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for chumaço in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is chumaço, spelled C-H-U-M-A-Ç-O.
Definition
- 1espécie de almofada
- 2recheio têxtil de almofada ou ombreiras
- 3inchaço, volume
- 4pano embebido em líquido, água ou medicina, que serve para fazer pressão sobre uma zona do corpo magoada, compressa
- 5no carro de bois, cada um dos dois apoios que descansam sobre o eixo, onde se produz o maior roçamento
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.