chusca
/'t͡ʃus.ka/
The verdict
“chusca” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chuva repentina, chuva forte
Corpus desk
Index PT-chusca · chusca · Portuguese
chusca · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | chusca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /'t͡ʃus.ka/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “chusca” em português
Rare enough to double-check
chusca is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /'t͡ʃus.ka/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "chuva repentina, chuva forte".
Zero misspellings are on record for chusca in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented 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 chusca, spelled C-H-U-S-C-A.
Definition
- 1chuva repentina, chuva forte
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.