church

/t͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ/ (UK); /t͡ʃɝt͡ʃ/ (US)

//t͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ/ (UK); /t͡ʃɝt͡ʃ/ (US)/ noun

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The verdict

“church” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #15,277. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,277
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,948
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - igreja (local destinado a culto religioso, normalmente cristão)

Key facts for church
PropertyValue
Headwordchurch
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/t͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ/ (UK); /t͡ʃɝt͡ʃ/ (US)
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,277
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “church” 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). church lands here:

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

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

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around church (IPA /t͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ/ (UK); /t͡ʃɝt͡ʃ/ (US)), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,277 among 3,948 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for church, with forms such as "cchurch", "chhurch", and "chruch". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is church, spelled C-H-U-R-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    igreja (local destinado a culto religioso, normalmente cristão)
  2. 2
    organização religiosa, normalmente cristã

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchurch
  • chhurch
  • chruch
  • chucrh
  • churcch
  • churchh
  • churhc
  • churrch
  • cuhrch
  • hcurch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of church - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cchurch1chhurch1chruch2chucrh2churcch1churchh1churhc2churrch1
Edit distance from "church"

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 "church"?
"church" is spelled C-H-U-R-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is /t͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ/ (UK); /t͡ʃɝt͡ʃ/ (US).
What does "church" mean?
As a noun, "church" means: igreja (local destinado a culto religioso, normalmente cristão)
What are common misspellings of "church"?
Common misspellings include "cchurch", "chhurch", "chruch", "chucrh", "churcch". The correct spelling is "church".
How do you pronounce "church"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "church" is /t͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ/ (UK); /t͡ʃɝt͡ʃ/ (US). Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "church" come from?
"church" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “church”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-H-U-R-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /t͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ/ (UK); /t͡ʃɝt͡ʃ/ (US) (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

Same frequency band

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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list