crachá

/kɾa.ˈʃa/

//kɾa.ˈʃa// noun

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The verdict

“crachá” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #28,521. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,521
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - insígnia honorífica que se traz ao peito; condecoração

Corpus desk

Index PT-cracha · crachá · Portuguese

crachá · rank #28,521 · 9 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,521
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH cri

Nearest frequency peer: cri (+2 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 “crachá”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “crachá” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

crachá vs crack
67% similar
crachá vs crash
67% similar
crachá vs caça
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for crachá
PropertyValue
Headwordcrachá
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɾa.ˈʃa/
Letters6
Frequency rank#28,521
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “crachá”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).crachácai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “cri” (#28,523), “curricular” (#28,528), “claridade” (#28,501). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “crachá” fica em #28,521. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around crachá (IPA /kɾa.ˈʃa/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,521 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "insígnia honorífica que se traz ao peito; condecoração".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for crachá, with forms such as "carchá", "ccrachá", and "cracchá". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "crack", "crash", "caça", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 crachá, spelled C-R-A-C-H-Á.

Definition

  1. 1
    insígnia honorífica que se traz ao peito; condecoração

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • carchá
  • ccrachá
  • cracchá
  • crachhá
  • cracáh
  • crahcá
  • crcahá
  • crrachá
  • rcachá

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crachá - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

carchá2ccrachá1cracchá1crachhá1cracáh2crahcá2crcahá2crrachá1
Edit distance from "crachá"

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 "crachá"?
"crachá" is spelled C-R-A-C-H-Á. The IPA pronunciation is /kɾa.ˈʃa/.
What does "crachá" mean?
As a noun, "crachá" means: insígnia honorífica que se traz ao peito; condecoração
What words are commonly confused with "crachá"?
"crachá" is commonly confused with "crack", "crash", "caça". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crachá"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crachá" is /kɾa.ˈʃa/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crachá" come from?
"crachá" 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 "crachá", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cevada#28,498bicudo#28,477ginger#28,598ameixa#28,442

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Iemanjá9 variantsabafado9 variantsvaríola9 variantskaraoke9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list