tranco

noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,378

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

tranco is aPortuguesenoun. It means: tranco, pau forte e rijo Often confused with trono and trato.

Key facts for tranco
PropertyValue
Headwordtranco
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#35,378
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for tranco is 6 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #35,378 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 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 tranco, with forms such as "rtanco", "tarnco", and "tracno". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "trono", "trato", "troço", 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 tranco, spelled T-R-A-N-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    tranco, pau forte e rijo
  2. 2
    tronco de árvore
  3. 3
    travessa que une as chedas do chedeiro do carro de bois
  4. 4
    degrau, travessa entre os banzos da escada de mão
  5. 5
    estorvo, coisa que estorva
  6. 6
    intervalo
  7. 7
    pedaço de uma coisa
  8. 8
    remendo

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtanco,tarnco,tracno,trancco,trannco,tranoc,trnaco,trranco,ttranco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tranco

Misspelling Variants of "tranco"

rtanco6tarnco6tracno6trancco7trannco7tranoc6trnaco6trranco7
Misspelling Variants of "tranco"

Frequency rank: #35,378 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tranco"?
"tranco" is spelled T-R-A-N-C-O.
What does "tranco" mean?
As a noun, "tranco" means: tranco, pau forte e rijo
What words are commonly confused with "tranco"?
"tranco" is commonly confused with "trono", "trato", "troço". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "tranco" come from?
"tranco" 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 T 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.