cabelo
/kɐ.ˈbe.lu/
The verdict
“cabelo” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #930 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #930
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pelos que crescem na cabeça do ser humano
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cabelo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.ˈbe.lu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #930 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cabelo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for cabelo is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɐ.ˈbe.lu/. Corpus data places it at rank #930 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cabelo, with forms such as "acbelo", "cabbelo", and "cabello". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cabo", "calo", "caber", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is cabelo, spelled C-A-B-E-L-O.
Definition
- 1pelos que crescem na cabeça do ser humano
- 2pelo comprido em alguns animais
- 3mola de aço que regula o movimento dos relógios de pulso ou de bolso
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acbelo,cabbelo,cabello,cabeol,cableo,caeblo,cbaelo,ccabelo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cabelo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “cabelo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-B-E-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɐ.ˈbe.lu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cabo” - see the side-by-side comparison. cabelo vs cabo
- 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.