cabaço
/ka.ˈba.su/
The verdict
“cabaço” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #52,010 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #52,010
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - fruto do cabaceiro
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cabaço |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ka.ˈba.su/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,010 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cabaço” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for cabaço is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ka.ˈba.su/. Corpus data places it at rank #52,010 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "fruto do cabaceiro".
No misspelling variants are generated for cabaço in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is cabaço, spelled C-A-B-A-Ç-O.
Definition
- 1fruto do cabaceiro
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.
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Using “cabaço”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-B-A-Ç-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ka.ˈba.su/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.