caballero
/ka.βaˈʝe.ɾo/ ou /ka.βaˈʎe.ɾo/
The verdict
“caballero” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #50,938 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,938
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - cavaleiro
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caballero |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ka.βaˈʝe.ɾo/ ou /ka.βaˈʎe.ɾo/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,938 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “caballero” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for caballero is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ka.βaˈʝe.ɾo/ ou /ka.βaˈʎe.ɾo/. Corpus data places it at rank #50,938 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
caballero doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is caballero, spelled C-A-B-A-L-L-E-R-O.
Definition
- 1cavaleiro
- 2cavalheiro
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 “caballero”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-B-A-L-L-E-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ka.βaˈʝe.ɾo/ ou /ka.βaˈʎe.ɾo/ (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.