cardo
"cardo" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cardo” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The basal joint of the maxilla in insects
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cardo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cardo” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cardo is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
cardo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin cardō (“hinge”). Doublet of kern. The correct English form is cardo, spelled C-A-R-D-O.
Definition
- 1The basal joint of the maxilla in insects
- 2The hinge of a bivalve shell.
- 3A street that ran north–south, in an Ancient Roman town or city
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cardō (“hinge”). Doublet of kern.
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.
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Using “cardo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-A-R-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.