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Which to use

“chão” and “chuto” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,140
“chão” frequency rank
#36,804
“chuto” frequency rank
37944
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature chão chuto
Definition corda golpe no qual se bate o pé contra algo

Letter map: chão vs chuto

Shared letters muted; letters that set chão and chuto apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
chão
5 ch
chuto

Corpus notes: chão and chuto

chão and chuto are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37944, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chão is recorded at frequency rank #1,140, classified as anoun. chuto is at rank #36,804, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈʃu.tu/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 37944, this pair ranks #28,595 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of chão vs chuto

Shared letters: cho. Private to "chão": ã. Private to "chuto": tu.

"chão" · 4 letters · shape CCVV  ·  "chuto" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • chutocchuto · chhuto · chtuo · chuot · chutto · cuhto · hcuto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "chão" and "chuto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "chão" vs "chuto" - which ranks higher?
"chão" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,140 in our Portuguese list, against #36,804 for "chuto". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "chão" and "chuto".

  • Full dictionary entry for "chão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "chuto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,595 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "chão" and "chuto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chuto vs cisto". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #28,595 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list