capoeira
/kæpəˈweəɹə/
"capoeira" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“capoeira” is uncommon English (frequency #58,582 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,582
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A martial art developed in Brazil, involving complex acrobatic maneuvers and flowing movements.
Corpus desk
Index EN-capoeira · capoeira · English
capoeira · rank #58,582 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,582
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cannabinoid
Nearest frequency peer: cannabinoid (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “capoeira”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cackle
cackle
41,424 corpus weight
- calcificati…
calcification
41,423 corpus weight
- calliope
calliope
41,422 corpus weight
- cannabinoid
cannabinoid
41,420 corpus weight
- capoeira
capoeira
41,419 corpus weight
- Carstairs
Carstairs
41,415 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “capoeira” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | capoeira |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kæpəˈweəɹə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,582 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “capoeira” in English
Rare enough to double-check
capoeira is uncommon English at frequency #58,582 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kæpəˈweəɹə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
capoeira doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Brazilian Portuguese capoeira, of uncertain etymology. The correct English form is capoeira, spelled C-A-P-O-E-I-R-A.
Definition
- 1A martial art developed in Brazil, involving complex acrobatic maneuvers and flowing movements.
- 2A practitioner of this martial art.
Etymology
From Brazilian Portuguese capoeira, of uncertain etymology.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).