cabo
The verdict
“cabo” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,092. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,092
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - patente militar abaixo do sargento e acima do soldado
Corpus desk
Index PT-cabo · cabo · Portuguese
cabo · rank #1,092 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,092
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH beleza
Nearest frequency peer: beleza (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “cabo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- usado
usado
98,912 corpus weight
- ai
ai
98,911 corpus weight
- beleza
beleza
98,910 corpus weight
- cabo
cabo
98,909 corpus weight
- lhes
lhes
98,906 corpus weight
- morto
morto
98,905 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “cabo” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | cabo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,092 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cabo” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around cabo, anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,092 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cabo, with forms such as "acbo", "cabbo", and "caob". 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, "co", "cão", "can", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is cabo, spelled C-A-B-O.
Definition
- 1patente militar abaixo do sargento e acima do soldado
- 2protuberância pela qual se segura um utensílio
- 3promontório
- 4fim
- 5feixe de fios, corda
- 6réstia de alhos ou cebolas
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cabo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ao cabo de 6 dias, tudo estaria pronto.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acbo
- cabbo
- caob
- cbao
- ccabo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cabo - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cabo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "cabo". Here's where to go from here.
- "cabo" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "co". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,092 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.