cacimba
The verdict
“cacimba” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,377 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,377
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nevoeiro denso
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cacimba |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,377 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cacimba” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cacimba is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,377 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cacimba, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is cacimba, spelled C-A-C-I-M-B-A.
Definition
- 1nevoeiro denso
- 2chuva miúda
- 3cova ou poço usado para armazenar água
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 “cacimba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-C-I-M-B-A - 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.