companhia
/kõ.pɐ.ˈɲi.ɐ/
The verdict
“companhia” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #909 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #909
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - o ato de acompanhar
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | companhia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kõ.pɐ.ˈɲi.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #909 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “companhia” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for companhia is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kõ.pɐ.ˈɲi.ɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #909 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1o ato de acompanhar
- 2presença:
- 3: sociedade empresarial dividida em ações
- 4reunião de pessoas, geralmente com um propósito em comum
- 5parte de um exército que é comandada por um capitão:
- 6grupo de atores
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “companhia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-M-P-A-N-H-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kõ.pɐ.ˈɲi.ɐ/ (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.