cacófato

/kɐ.ˈkɔ.fɐ.tʊ/

//kɐ.ˈkɔ.fɐ.tʊ// noun

The verdict

“cacófato” 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) - combinação de palavras cuja pronúncia pode provocar ambiguidade, produzir som desagradável ou sugerir palavra inconveniente (exemplos: "Estou apaixonado pela dona do primeiro andar", "Acabou-se tud...

Corpus desk

Index PT-cacofato · cacófato · Portuguese

cacófato · 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.

Key facts for cacófato
PropertyValue
Headwordcacófato
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɐ.ˈkɔ.fɐ.tʊ/
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “cacófato” em português

cacófatoestá além das 100.000 formas mais frequentes do português, na cauda de léxico especializado ou pouco usado.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cacófato is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɐ.ˈkɔ.fɐ.tʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "combinação de palavras cuja pronúncia pode provocar ambiguidade, produzir som desagradável ou sugerir palavra inconveniente (exemplos: "Estou apaixonado pela dona do primeiro andar", "Acabou-se tud...".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cacófato, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is cacófato, spelled C-A-C-Ó-F-A-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    combinação de palavras cuja pronúncia pode provocar ambiguidade, produzir som desagradável ou sugerir palavra inconveniente (exemplos: "Estou apaixonado pela dona do primeiro andar", "Acabou-se tudo entre nós, alma minha, eu vi ela, nós distribuímos um por cada visitante, meu coração por ti gela, ele colocou a culpa nela, a fé de nosso povo, tirei o chiclete da boca dela, ela tinha muita habilidade, vou-me já" )

Synonyms

cacofoniacacófaton

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cacófato"?
"cacófato" is spelled C-A-C-Ó-F-A-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /kɐ.ˈkɔ.fɐ.tʊ/.
What does "cacófato" mean?
As a noun, "cacófato" means: combinação de palavras cuja pronúncia pode provocar ambiguidade, produzir som desagradável ou sugerir palavra inconveniente (exemplos: "Estou apaixonado pela dona do primeiro andar", "Acabou-se tud...
How do you pronounce "cacófato"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cacófato" is /kɐ.ˈkɔ.fɐ.tʊ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cacófato" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list