chuvisco

/ʃu.ˈviʃ.ku/

//ʃu.ˈviʃ.ku// noun

The verdict

“chuvisco” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,206 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,206
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diminutivo de chuva

Corpus desk

Index PT-chuvisco · chuvisco · Portuguese

chuvisco · rank #60,206 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,206
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH chucrute

Nearest frequency peer: chucrute (-1 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “chuvisco”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “chuvisco” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for chuvisco
PropertyValue
Headwordchuvisco
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ʃu.ˈviʃ.ku/
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,206
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “chuvisco” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.chuviscocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “chucrute” (#60,205), “catupiry” (#60,197), “casto” (#60,196). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “chuvisco” fica em #60,206. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chuvisco is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,206 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʃu.ˈviʃ.ku/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "diminutivo de chuva".

chuvisco has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is chuvisco, spelled C-H-U-V-I-S-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    diminutivo de chuva

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 "chuvisco"?
"chuvisco" is spelled C-H-U-V-I-S-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ʃu.ˈviʃ.ku/.
What does "chuvisco" mean?
As a noun, "chuvisco" means: diminutivo de chuva
How do you pronounce "chuvisco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chuvisco" is /ʃu.ˈviʃ.ku/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chuvisco" come from?
"chuvisco" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list