colhão
[ku'ʎɐ̃w̃]
The verdict
“colhão” 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 May 6, 2026) - testículo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colhão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ku'ʎɐ̃w̃] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “colhão” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
colhão is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ku'ʎɐ̃w̃]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "testículo".
No misspelling variants are generated for colhão in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 colhão, spelled C-O-L-H-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1testículo
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.
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Using “colhão”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-L-H-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ku'ʎɐ̃w̃] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.