caco

noun

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The verdict

“caco” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #21,952 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#21,952
frequency rank, Portuguese
4
letters
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - fragmento ou pedaço quebrado de louça, barro, vidro, mármore etc

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

caco vs co
50% similar
caco vs CC
0% similar
caco vs cão
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for caco
PropertyValue
Headwordcaco
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#21,952
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “caco” 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). caco lands here:

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

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for caco is 4 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #21,952 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for caco, with forms such as "acco", "cacco", and "caoc". 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", "CC", "cão", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is caco, spelled C-A-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    fragmento ou pedaço quebrado de louça, barro, vidro, mármore etc
  2. 2
    qualquer fragmento ou estilhaço
  3. 3
    vaso de barro ou outra alfaia de pouco valor (também usado no plural)
  4. 4
    a parte ou porção restante de algo já gasto pelo uso ou desgastado pelo tempo (por exemplo, utensílio)
  5. 5
    pessoa alquebrada, doente, muito magra, que já não tem ânimo ou encantos físicos; pessoa muito velha ou envelhecida
  6. 6
    bom senso, juízo, cabeça
  7. 7
    pó que se prepara torrando tabaco e a seguir moendo-o num pedaço de louça; tabaco-de-caco
  8. 8
    dente muito cariado, ou o que resta dele, ou que está por extrair
  9. 9
    espécie de lombilho (apeiro) ou arreio de montaria em geral
  10. 10
    monóculo, especialmente quando usado apenas como adorno
  11. 11
    o muco do nariz, ressecado e solidificado
  12. 12
    fragmento de telha, ladrilho, mármore etc. empregado em revestimentos ou para tornar mais consistente a argamassa
  13. 13
    revestimento ou técnica de revestimento ou pavimentação em que se utilizam fragmentos desse tipo dispostos sobre uma camada de argamassa semelhante a um mosaico
  14. 14
    fala mais ou menos breve que o ator ou atriz acrescenta ou substitui, por conta própria, à do texto original, geralmente improvisando durante a apresentação, para realçar ou introduzir efeito cômico, dramático ou outro; bexigada

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acco,cacco,caoc,ccaco,ccao

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caco - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acco2cacco1caoc2ccaco1ccao2
Edit distance from "caco"

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 "caco"?
"caco" is spelled C-A-C-O.
What does "caco" mean?
As a noun, "caco" means: fragmento ou pedaço quebrado de louça, barro, vidro, mármore etc
What words are commonly confused with "caco"?
"caco" is commonly confused with "co", "CC", "cão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "caco" come from?
"caco" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Using “caco”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “co” - see the side-by-side comparison. caco vs co
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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