cachalote
The verdict
“cachalote” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #81,888 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,888
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mamífero marinho da ordem Cetacea, subordem Odontoceti, da família Physeteridae, de nome científico Physeter macrocephalus, o maior cetáceo dentado e predador com dentes, encontrado em todos os oce...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cachalote |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,888 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cachalote” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cachalote is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #81,888 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mamífero marinho da ordem Cetacea, subordem Odontoceti, da família Physeteridae, de nome científico Physeter macrocephalus, o maior cetáceo dentado e predador com dentes, encontrado em todos os oce...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cachalote, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is cachalote, spelled C-A-C-H-A-L-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1mamífero marinho da ordem Cetacea, subordem Odontoceti, da família Physeteridae, de nome científico Physeter macrocephalus, o maior cetáceo dentado e predador com dentes, encontrado em todos os oceanos
This word in other languages
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 “cachalote”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-C-H-A-L-O-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.