cadafalso
/ka.da.ˈfaw.su/
The verdict
“cadafalso” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,302 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,302
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - palco exposto em local público para executar condenados à morte
Corpus desk
Index PT-cadafalso · cadafalso · Portuguese
cadafalso · rank #67,302 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,302
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH caduco
Nearest frequency peer: caduco (+1 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “cadafalso”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- botulismo
botulismo
32,711 corpus weight
- cadafalso
cadafalso
32,699 corpus weight
- caduco
caduco
32,698 corpus weight
- carpo
carpo
32,686 corpus weight
- cassa
cassa
32,684 corpus weight
- cenógrafo
cenógrafo
32,673 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cadafalso” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cadafalso |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ka.da.ˈfaw.su/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,302 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cadafalso” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cadafalso is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,302 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ka.da.ˈfaw.su/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for cadafalso in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is cadafalso, spelled C-A-D-A-F-A-L-S-O.
Definition
- 1palco exposto em local público para executar condenados à morte
- 2forca
- 3guilhotina
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cadafalso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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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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