concha

//ˈkõ.ʃɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,285

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

concha is aPortuguesenoun. It means: invólucro calcário ou córneo de certos animais Pronounced /ˈkõ.ʃɐ/. Often confused with conta and cunha.

Key facts for concha
PropertyValue
Headwordconcha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkõ.ʃɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,285
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of concha in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for concha is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkõ.ʃɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #15,285 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for concha, with forms such as "cconcha", "cnocha", and "cocnha". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "conta", "cunha", "contra", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is concha, spelled C-O-N-C-H-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    invólucro calcário ou córneo de certos animais
  2. 2
    colher para tirar sopa ou açúcar
  3. 3
    prato de balança
  4. 4
    a parte côncava das chaves que, nos instrumentos de sopro, fecham os orifícios
  5. 5
    peça de metal que se emprega nas gavetas, em substituição dos puxadores
  6. 6
    porca de madeira, em que volteia o fuso ou parafuso, nas antigas prensas de vara dos nossos lagares
  7. 7
    segmento do corpo feminino que engloba a externalidade da genitália, os lábios, pequenos lábios, clitóris, orifício vaginal e uretral

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconcha,cnocha,cocnha,concah,conccha,conchha,conhca,conncha,ocncha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for concha

Misspelling Variants of "concha"

cconcha7cnocha6cocnha6concah6conccha7conchha7conhca6conncha7
Misspelling Variants of "concha"

Frequency rank: #15,285 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "concha"?
"concha" is spelled C-O-N-C-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkõ.ʃɐ/.
What does "concha" mean?
As a noun, "concha" means: invólucro calcário ou córneo de certos animais
What words are commonly confused with "concha"?
"concha" is commonly confused with "conta", "cunha", "contra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "concha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "concha" is /ˈkõ.ʃɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "concha" come from?
"concha" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.