capoeira
[kapoˈejɾa]
The verdict
“capoeira” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,639 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,639
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arte marcial brasileña de origen angoleño, practicada originalmente por los esclavos de ese país y que combina danza, acrobacia y música.
Corpus desk
Index ES-capoeira · capoeira · Spanish
capoeira · rank #63,639 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,639
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH capacitando
Nearest frequency peer: capacitando (-1 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “capoeira”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- canónicos
canónicos
36,364 corpus weight
- capacitando
capacitando
36,363 corpus weight
- capoeira
capoeira
36,362 corpus weight
- captas
captas
36,361 corpus weight
- capuchas
capuchas
36,359 corpus weight
- carambola
carambola
36,358 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “capoeira” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | capoeira |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kapoˈejɾa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,639 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “capoeira” en español
Rare enough to double-check
capoeira is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,639 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kapoˈejɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for capoeira in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is capoeira, spelled C-A-P-O-E-I-R-A.
Definition
- 1Arte marcial brasileña de origen angoleño, practicada originalmente por los esclavos de ese país y que combina danza, acrobacia y música.
- 2Practicante de la arte marcial listada arriba.
Synonyms
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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