cabeção

//ka.be.'saŋ/, /ka.be.'θaŋ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,173

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

cabeção is aPortuguesenoun. It means: testarudo, teimoso Pronounced /ka.be.'saŋ/, /ka.be.'θaŋ/. Often confused with cabelo and careca.

Key facts for cabeção
PropertyValue
Headwordcabeção
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ka.be.'saŋ/, /ka.be.'θaŋ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#34,173
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for cabeção is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ka.be.'saŋ/, /ka.be.'θaŋ/. Corpus data places it at rank #34,173 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "testarudo, teimoso".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for cabeção, with forms such as "acbeção", "cabbeção", and "cabeãço". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "cabelo", "careca", "caneca", 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 cabeção, spelled C-A-B-E-Ç-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    testarudo, teimoso

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acbeção,cabbeção,cabeãço,cabeçoã,cabçeão,caebção,cbaeção,ccabeção

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cabeção

Misspelling Variants of "cabeção"

acbeção7cabbeção8cabeãço7cabeçoã7cabçeão7caebção7cbaeção7ccabeção8
Misspelling Variants of "cabeção"

Frequency rank: #34,173 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cabeção"?
"cabeção" is spelled C-A-B-E-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ka.be.'saŋ/, /ka.be.'θaŋ/.
What does "cabeção" mean?
As a noun, "cabeção" means: testarudo, teimoso
What words are commonly confused with "cabeção"?
"cabeção" is commonly confused with "cabelo", "careca", "caneca". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cabeção"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cabeção" is /ka.be.'saŋ/, /ka.be.'θaŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cabeção" come from?
"cabeção" 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.