tronchão
/tɾoŋ.'t͡ʃoŋ/
The verdict
“tronchão” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - serra grande para cortar árvores
Corpus desk
Index PT-tronchao · tronchão · Portuguese
tronchão · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tronchão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɾoŋ.'t͡ʃoŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “tronchão” em português
Rare enough to double-check
tronchão is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /tɾoŋ.'t͡ʃoŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tronchão, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is tronchão, spelled T-R-O-N-C-H-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1serra grande para cortar árvores
- 2serra manejada por duas pessoas para fazer tábuas
- 3cólica dos equídeos; qualquer dor cólica
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.