churrasco
/ʃu.ˈRaʃ.ku/
The verdict
“churrasco” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #6,998 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,998
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pedaço de carne passado pelas brasas
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | churrasco |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʃu.ˈRaʃ.ku/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,998 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “churrasco” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for churrasco is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʃu.ˈRaʃ.ku/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,998 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for churrasco, with forms such as "cchurrasco", "chhurrasco", and "chrurasco". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "carrasco", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is churrasco, spelled C-H-U-R-R-A-S-C-O.
Definition
- 1pedaço de carne passado pelas brasas
- 2prato à base de carne temperada com sal e assada sobre fogo ou brasa
- 3assadura
- 4evento social em que é feita assadura de carne
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cchurrasco,chhurrasco,chrurasco,churarsco,churasco,churracso,churrascco,churrasoc,churrassco,churrsaco,cuhrrasco,hcurrasco
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of churrasco - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “churrasco”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-H-U-R-R-A-S-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʃu.ˈRaʃ.ku/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “carrasco” - see the side-by-side comparison. churrasco vs carrasco
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.