cacofonia
/kɐ.kɔ.fu.ˈni.ɐ/
The verdict
“cacofonia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #96,487 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,487
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mistura de sons desagradáveis
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cacofonia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.kɔ.fu.ˈni.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #96,487 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cacofonia” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cacofonia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #96,487 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɐ.kɔ.fu.ˈni.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cacofonia, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is cacofonia, spelled C-A-C-O-F-O-N-I-A.
Definition
- 1mistura de sons desagradáveis
- 2mistura de sons inarmônicos
- 3pronúncia errada ou feia da palavra formando cacófato
- 4cacófato
- 5barulho estridente
- 6mistura de sons ou vozes desafinadas
Synonyms
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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 “cacofonia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-C-O-F-O-N-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɐ.kɔ.fu.ˈni.ɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.