concha
/ˈkõ.ʃɐ/
The verdict
“concha” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #15,285. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,285
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - invólucro calcário ou córneo de certos animais
Corpus desk
Index PT-concha · concha · Portuguese
concha · rank #15,285 · 9 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,285
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH confrontar
Nearest frequency peer: confrontar (+3 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “concha”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- castanha
castanha
84,726 corpus weight
- church
church
84,724 corpus weight
- concha
concha
84,716 corpus weight
- confrontar
confrontar
84,713 corpus weight
- contrabando
contrabando
84,711 corpus weight
- controverso
controverso
84,710 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “concha” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | concha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkõ.ʃɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,285 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “concha” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around concha (IPA /ˈkõ.ʃɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,285 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for concha, with forms such as "cconcha", "cnocha", and "cocnha". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "conta", "cunha", "contra", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is concha, spelled C-O-N-C-H-A.
Definition
- 1invólucro calcário ou córneo de certos animais
- 2colher para tirar sopa ou açúcar
- 3prato de balança
- 4a parte côncava das chaves que, nos instrumentos de sopro, fecham os orifícios
- 5peça de metal que se emprega nas gavetas, em substituição dos puxadores
- 6porca de madeira, em que volteia o fuso ou parafuso, nas antigas prensas de vara dos nossos lagares
- 7segmento do corpo feminino que engloba a externalidade da genitália, os lábios, pequenos lábios, clitóris, orifício vaginal e uretral
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cconcha
- cnocha
- cocnha
- concah
- conccha
- conchha
- conhca
- conncha
- ocncha
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of concha - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "concha", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "concha". Here's where to go from here.
- "concha" maps to 9 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "conta". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #15,285 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.