# chão vs ciao

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### chão
*noun · frequency rank #1,140*
corda

### ciao
*intj · IPA [ˈtʃaː.o], /ˈtʃao/ · frequency rank #47,244*
olá

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/chao-vs-ciao