cã
/ˈkã/
The verdict
“cã” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #87,195 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,195
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - título de alguns soberanos ou líderes mongóis e persas
Corpus desk
Index PT-ca · cã · Portuguese
cã · rank #87,195 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,195
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH contratualmen…
Nearest frequency peer: contratualmente (-13 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “cã”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- civilizar
civilizar
12,852 corpus weight
- contratualm…
contratualmente
12,819 corpus weight
- cã
cã
12,806 corpus weight
- depilado
depilado
12,788 corpus weight
- descongelam…
descongelamento
12,781 corpus weight
- dignificar
dignificar
12,760 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cã” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cã |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkã/ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #87,195 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cã” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cã is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #87,195 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkã/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
cã doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is cã, spelled C-Ã.
Definition
- 1título de alguns soberanos ou líderes mongóis e persas
- 2cabelo branco
Synonyms
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.