companhia

/kõ.pɐ.ˈɲi.ɐ/

//kõ.pɐ.ˈɲi.ɐ// noun

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The verdict

“companhia” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #909. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#909
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o ato de acompanhar

Corpus desk

Index PT-companhia · companhia · Portuguese

companhia · rank #909 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #909
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH banda

Nearest frequency peer: banda (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “companhia”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “companhia” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for companhia
PropertyValue
Headwordcompanhia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kõ.pɐ.ˈɲi.ɐ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#909
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “companhia”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).companhiacai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “banda” (#908), “armas” (#906), “dormir” (#912). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “companhia” fica em #909. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around companhia (IPA /kõ.pɐ.ˈɲi.ɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #909 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for companhia, with forms such as "ccompanhia", "cmopanhia", and "comapnhia". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented 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 companhia, spelled C-O-M-P-A-N-H-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    o ato de acompanhar
  2. 2
    presença:
  3. 3
    : sociedade empresarial dividida em ações
  4. 4
    reunião de pessoas, geralmente com um propósito em comum
  5. 5
    parte de um exército que é comandada por um capitão:
  6. 6
    grupo de atores

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how companhia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. É muito difícil estar à vontade na companhia de estranhos.
  2. A companhia registrou lucros significativos no primeiro semestre deste ano.

Synonyms

acompanhamentosociedade anônimaassociaçãobandogrêmioparceriasociedadeturmatropaelenco

This word in other languages

company(English)compañía(Español)compagnie(Français)Gesellschaft(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccompanhia
  • cmopanhia
  • comapnhia
  • commpanhia
  • compahnia
  • companhai
  • companhhia
  • companiha
  • compannhia
  • compnahia
  • comppanhia
  • copmanhia
  • ocmpanhia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of companhia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccompanhia1cmopanhia2comapnhia2commpanhia1compahnia2companhai2companhhia1companiha2
Edit distance from "companhia"

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 "companhia"?
"companhia" is spelled C-O-M-P-A-N-H-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kõ.pɐ.ˈɲi.ɐ/.
What does "companhia" mean?
As a noun, "companhia" means: o ato de acompanhar
What are common misspellings of "companhia"?
Common misspellings include "ccompanhia", "cmopanhia", "comapnhia", "commpanhia", "compahnia". The correct spelling is "companhia".
How do you pronounce "companhia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "companhia" is /kõ.pɐ.ˈɲi.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "companhia" come from?
"companhia" 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 "companhia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

liberdade#919faculdade#937televisão#950diferença#952

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

municipal13 variantscasamento13 variantscontrário13 variantsrepública13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list