cabeçada

//kɐ.bɨ.ˈsa.dɐ// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,172

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

cabeçada is aPortuguesenoun. It means: pancada com a cabeça Pronounced /kɐ.bɨ.ˈsa.dɐ/. Often confused with calçada and cabeção.

Key facts for cabeçada
PropertyValue
Headwordcabeçada
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɐ.bɨ.ˈsa.dɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#34,172
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for cabeçada is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɐ.bɨ.ˈsa.dɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #34,172 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for cabeçada, with forms such as "acbeçada", "cabbeçada", and "cabeaçda". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "calçada", "cabeção", "cabeça", 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 cabeçada, spelled C-A-B-E-Ç-A-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    pancada com a cabeça
  2. 2
    asneira, disparate
  3. 3
    correia com que se cinge e guarnece a cabeça das cavalgaduras
  4. 4
    movimento súbito, para cima, da cabeça da cavalgadura
  5. 5
    canastrada à cabeça
  6. 6
    movimento de cabeça, afirmando ou aprovando

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acbeçada,cabbeçada,cabeaçda,cabeçaad,cabeçadda,cabeçdaa,cabçeada,caebçada,cbaeçada,ccabeçada

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cabeçada

Misspelling Variants of "cabeçada"

acbeçada8cabbeçada9cabeaçda8cabeçaad8cabeçadda9cabeçdaa8cabçeada8caebçada8
Misspelling Variants of "cabeçada"

Frequency rank: #34,172 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cabeçada"?
"cabeçada" is spelled C-A-B-E-Ç-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kɐ.bɨ.ˈsa.dɐ/.
What does "cabeçada" mean?
As a noun, "cabeçada" means: pancada com a cabeça
What words are commonly confused with "cabeçada"?
"cabeçada" is commonly confused with "calçada", "cabeção", "cabeça". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cabeçada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cabeçada" is /kɐ.bɨ.ˈsa.dɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cabeçada" come from?
"cabeçada" 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

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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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.