cabeça

//kɐ.ˈbe.sɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#361

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cabeça is aPortuguesenoun. It means: parte do corpo humano, onde se localizam o cérebro, protegido pelo crânio, e a face, ligada ao tronco pelo pescoço Pronounced /kɐ.ˈbe.sɐ/. It ranks #361 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with caça and cabra.

Key facts for cabeça
PropertyValue
Headwordcabeça
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɐ.ˈbe.sɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#361
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cabeça in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for cabeça is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɐ.ˈbe.sɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #361 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for cabeça, with forms such as "acbeça", "cabbeça", and "cabeaç". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "caça", "cabra", "caber", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is cabeça, spelled C-A-B-E-Ç-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    parte do corpo humano, onde se localizam o cérebro, protegido pelo crânio, e a face, ligada ao tronco pelo pescoço
  2. 2
    faculdade de raciocinar conforme o estado de normalidade sem afetação devido a sentimento ou ânimo como a raiva, nervosismo, apatia, amor ou outros

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acbeça,cabbeça,cabeaç,cabçea,caebça,cbaeça,ccabeça

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cabeça

Misspelling Variants of "cabeça"

acbeça6cabbeça7cabeaç6cabçea6caebça6cbaeça6ccabeça7
Misspelling Variants of "cabeça"

Frequency rank: #361 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cabeça"?
"cabeça" is spelled C-A-B-E-Ç-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kɐ.ˈbe.sɐ/.
What does "cabeça" mean?
As a noun, "cabeça" means: parte do corpo humano, onde se localizam o cérebro, protegido pelo crânio, e a face, ligada ao tronco pelo pescoço
What words are commonly confused with "cabeça"?
"cabeça" is commonly confused with "caça", "cabra", "caber". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cabeça"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cabeça" is /kɐ.ˈbe.sɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cabeça" come from?
"cabeça" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.