cacarejo
/kɐ.kɐ.ˈɾɐj.ʒu/
The verdict
“cacarejo” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato de cacarejar
Corpus desk
Index PT-cacarejo · cacarejo · Portuguese
cacarejo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cacarejo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.kɐ.ˈɾɐj.ʒu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cacarejo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cacarejo is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɐ.kɐ.ˈɾɐj.ʒu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for cacarejo in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is cacarejo, spelled C-A-C-A-R-E-J-O.
Definition
- 1ato de cacarejar
- 2o canto da galinha depois de botar o ovo
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.