church

/t͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ/ (UK); /t͡ʃɝt͡ʃ/ (US)

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

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
2,140
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - igreja (local destinado a culto religioso, normalmente cristão)

Corpus desk

Index PT-church · church · Portuguese

church · rank #15,277 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,277
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH castanha

Nearest frequency peer: castanha (-2 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “church”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “church” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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

Frequência do íman ortográfico “church”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).churchcai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “castanha” (#15,275), “canoa” (#15,273), “bonde” (#15,269). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “church” fica em #15,277. 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 2,140 “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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list