cabisbaixo
/kɐ.biʒ.ˈbaj.ʃu/
The verdict
“cabisbaixo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,662 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,662
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que traz a cabeça baixa ou inclinada
Corpus desk
Index PT-cabisbaixo · cabisbaixo · Portuguese
cabisbaixo · rank #64,662 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,662
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cafuné
Nearest frequency peer: cafuné (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “cabisbaixo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- bacanal
bacanal
35,364 corpus weight
- biju
biju
35,353 corpus weight
- borbulha
borbulha
35,349 corpus weight
- burgo
burgo
35,344 corpus weight
- cabisbaixo
cabisbaixo
35,339 corpus weight
- cafuné
cafuné
35,338 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cabisbaixo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cabisbaixo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kɐ.biʒ.ˈbaj.ʃu/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #64,662 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cabisbaixo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cabisbaixo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,662 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kɐ.biʒ.ˈbaj.ʃu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cabisbaixo, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is cabisbaixo, spelled C-A-B-I-S-B-A-I-X-O.
Definition
- 1que traz a cabeça baixa ou inclinada
- 2triste, melancólico
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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