Uchoa

/uˈʃo.ɐ/

//uˈʃo.ɐ// noun

The verdict

“Uchoa” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,442 among 147 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,442
frequency rank, Portuguese
147
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sobrenome

Corpus desk

Index PT-uchoa · Uchoa · Portuguese

Uchoa · rank #56,442 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,442
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 147
  • PHOTO-FINISH unicorn

Nearest frequency peer: unicorn (+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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “Uchoa”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Uchoa” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Uchoa
PropertyValue
HeadwordUchoa
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/uˈʃo.ɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#56,442
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “Uchoa” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.Uchoacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “unicorn” (#56,444), “triturar” (#56,438), “Valdomiro” (#56,448). Entre 147 lemas com “U”, “Uchoa” fica em #56,442. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Uchoa is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,442 among 147 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /uˈʃo.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sobrenome".

Uchoa doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, 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 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 Uchoa, spelled U-C-H-O-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    sobrenome

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 "Uchoa"?
"Uchoa" is spelled U-C-H-O-A. The IPA pronunciation is /uˈʃo.ɐ/.
What does "Uchoa" mean?
As a noun, "Uchoa" means: sobrenome
How do you pronounce "Uchoa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Uchoa" is /uˈʃo.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Uchoa" come from?
"Uchoa" 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 "Uchoa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list