caco

noun

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The verdict

“caco” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #21,952. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,952
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fragmento ou pedaço quebrado de louça, barro, vidro, mármore etc

Corpus desk

Index PT-caco · caco · Portuguese

caco · rank #21,952 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,952
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH capixaba

Nearest frequency peer: capixaba (+3 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “caco”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “caco” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

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)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “caco”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).cacocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “capixaba” (#21,955), “bolacha” (#21,948), “celta” (#21,959). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “caco” fica em #21,952. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around caco, anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,952 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 14 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how caco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Obs.: confira meleca

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.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "caco", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dash#21,982even#22,024rego#21,864hera#22,045

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

mimo5 variantssoda5 variantsvita5 variantscerro5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list