cadáver

//kɐ.ˈda.vɛɾ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,594

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

cadáver is aPortuguesenoun. It means: corpo sem vida de um animal ou ser humano Pronounced /kɐ.ˈda.vɛɾ/. Often confused with caráter and cadáveres.

Key facts for cadáver
PropertyValue
Headwordcadáver
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɐ.ˈda.vɛɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,594
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for cadáver is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɐ.ˈda.vɛɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #11,594 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for cadáver, with forms such as "acdáver", "caddáver", and "cadváer". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "caráter", "cadáveres", 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 cadáver, spelled C-A-D-Á-V-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    corpo sem vida de um animal ou ser humano
  2. 2
    indivíduo de aparência ou estado enfraquecido, pouco saudável
  3. 3
    cobrador de dívida

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acdáver,caddáver,cadváer,cadáevr,cadáverr,cadávre,cadávver,caádver,ccadáver,cdaáver

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cadáver

Misspelling Variants of "cadáver"

acdáver7caddáver8cadváer7cadáevr7cadáverr8cadávre7cadávver8caádver7
Misspelling Variants of "cadáver"

Frequency rank: #11,594 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cadáver"?
"cadáver" is spelled C-A-D-Á-V-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /kɐ.ˈda.vɛɾ/.
What does "cadáver" mean?
As a noun, "cadáver" means: corpo sem vida de um animal ou ser humano
What words are commonly confused with "cadáver"?
"cadáver" is commonly confused with "caráter", "cadáveres". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cadáver"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cadáver" is /kɐ.ˈda.vɛɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cadáver" come from?
"cadáver" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.