trecho

Name: trecho, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/'tɾe.ʃu/

//'tɾe.ʃu// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“trecho” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,171. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,171
frequency rank, Portuguese: 917
“T” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings: 8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - espaço de tempo ou de lugar

Corpus desk

Index PT-trecho · trecho · Portuguese

trecho · rank #3,171 · 9 variants · 8 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #3,171
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
VAR-MID 9 variants
BOOK-MID 917
PHOTO-FINISH transição

Nearest frequency peer: transição (-1 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.

rota

96,834
sal

96,833
taxas

96,832
transição

96,831
trecho

96,830
zé

96,825

What this shows “trecho” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

trecho vs troço

50% similar

trecho vs trevo

67% similar

trecho vs trenó

50% similar

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

Key facts for trecho
Property	Value
Headword	trecho
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/'tɾe.ʃu/
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#3,171
Misspellings tracked	9
Confusable pairs	8
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “trecho”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.trechocai aqui:

#3,171

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “transição” (#3,170), “taxas” (#3,169), “sal” (#3,168). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “trecho” fica em #3,171. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around trecho (IPA /'tɾe.ʃu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,171 among 917 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for trecho, with forms such as "rtecho", "tercho", and "trceho". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "troço", "trevo", "trenó", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 trecho, spelled T-R-E-C-H-O.

Definition

1
espaço de tempo ou de lugar
2
parte de uma obra literária ou musical
3
parte de um todo
4
parte de uma estrada ou de um rio
5
entre motoristas profissionais, sobretudo caminhoneiros, partes de uma estrada entre duas paradas obrigatórias (para descanso, reabastecimento ou outro motivo)
6
passagem aérea que dá direito a ida ou a volta, somente
7
pedra miúda e geralmente vermelha com a qual os pedreiros riscam, com ajuda de régua, as pedras que devem ser preparadas

Synonyms

intervalo excerto extrato fragmento pedaço segmento perna

This word in other languages

passage(English)apartado(Español)morceau(Français)Abschnitt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

rtecho
tercho
trceho
treccho
trechho
trecoh
trehco
trrecho
ttrecho

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trecho - 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.

Edit distance from "trecho"

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 "trecho"?

"trecho" is spelled T-R-E-C-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is /'tɾe.ʃu/.

What does "trecho" mean?

As a noun, "trecho" means: espaço de tempo ou de lugar

What words are commonly confused with "trecho"?

"trecho" is commonly confused with "troço", "trevo", "trenó". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "trecho"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trecho" is /'tɾe.ʃu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "trecho" come from?

"trecho" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "trecho", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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