cabaça

/kɐ.ˈba.sɐ/

//kɐ.ˈba.sɐ// noun

The verdict

“cabaça” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,939 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,939
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fruta produzida pela cabaceira; nome cientifico: Lagenaria vulgaris

Corpus desk

Index PT-cabaca · cabaça · Portuguese

cabaça · rank #50,939 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,939
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH caballero

Nearest frequency peer: caballero (-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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “cabaça”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cabaça” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cabaça
PropertyValue
Headwordcabaça
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɐ.ˈba.sɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#50,939
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “cabaça” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).cabaçacai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “caballero” (#50,938), “bucho” (#50,932), “botafoguense” (#50,930). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cabaça” fica em #50,939. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cabaça is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,939 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɐ.ˈba.sɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cabaça, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is cabaça, spelled C-A-B-A-Ç-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    fruta produzida pela cabaceira; nome cientifico: Lagenaria vulgaris
  2. 2
    recipiente feito com a fruta da cabaceira
  3. 3
    tipo de cachimbo utilizado para fumar maconha

Synonyms

cabaçocatutoporongocuiacumbucaboigrogoiômaricas

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cabaça"?
"cabaça" is spelled C-A-B-A-Ç-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kɐ.ˈba.sɐ/.
What does "cabaça" mean?
As a noun, "cabaça" means: fruta produzida pela cabaceira; nome cientifico: Lagenaria vulgaris
How do you pronounce "cabaça"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cabaça" is /kɐ.ˈba.sɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cabaça" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cabaça", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list