cada

//ˈkɐ.dɐ// pron

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#144

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cada is aPortuguesepron. It means: indica, individualizando, um elemento de um grupo ou conjunto: Pronounced /ˈkɐ.dɐ/. It ranks #144 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with chá and cão.

Key facts for cada
PropertyValue
Headwordcada
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPron
IPA/ˈkɐ.dɐ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#144
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cada in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for cada is 4 letters long, classified as apron, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɐ.dɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #144 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "indica, individualizando, um elemento de um grupo ou conjunto:".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for cada, with forms such as "acda", "caad", and "cadda". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "chá", "cão", "can", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is cada, spelled C-A-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    indica, individualizando, um elemento de um grupo ou conjunto:

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acda,caad,cadda,ccada,cdaa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cada

Misspelling Variants of "cada"

acda4caad4cadda5ccada5cdaa4
Misspelling Variants of "cada"

Frequency rank: #144 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cada"?
"cada" is spelled C-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkɐ.dɐ/.
What does "cada" mean?
As a pron, "cada" means: indica, individualizando, um elemento de um grupo ou conjunto:
What words are commonly confused with "cada"?
"cada" is commonly confused with "chá", "cão", "can". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cada" is /ˈkɐ.dɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cada" come from?
"cada" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.