chuvaço
/ʧu.'ba.so/, /ʧu.'ba.θo/
The verdict
“chuvaço” 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) - chuvasco, chuva repentina, chuva forte
Corpus desk
Index PT-chuvaco · chuvaço · Portuguese
chuvaço · 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 | chuvaço |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʧu.'ba.so/, /ʧu.'ba.θo/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “chuvaço” em português
Rare enough to double-check
chuvaço is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʧu.'ba.so/, /ʧu.'ba.θo/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chuvaço, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is chuvaço, spelled C-H-U-V-A-Ç-O.
Definition
- 1chuvasco, chuva repentina, chuva forte
- 2golpe de vento com chuva, bátega
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.