cabível

adj

The verdict

“cabível” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,180 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,180
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,948
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que cabe; que é adequado ou apropriado

Key facts for cabível
PropertyValue
Headwordcabível
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#57,180
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cabível” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). cabível lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cabível is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,180 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for cabível in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is cabível, spelled C-A-B-Í-V-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    que cabe; que é adequado ou apropriado
  2. 2
    que pode ser aceito ou admitido; pertinente

Synonyms

adequadopertinenteadmissível

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cabível"?
"cabível" is spelled C-A-B-Í-V-E-L.
What does "cabível" mean?
As an adjective, "cabível" means: que cabe; que é adequado ou apropriado
What language does "cabível" come from?
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Using “cabível”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-B-Í-V-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list