cadeia

//kɐ.ˈdɐj.ɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,838

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

cadeia is aPortuguesenoun. It means: local que serve de detenção temporária para criminosos de baixa periculosidade Pronounced /kɐ.ˈdɐj.ɐ/. It ranks #1,838 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with ceia and cheia.

Key facts for cadeia
PropertyValue
Headwordcadeia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɐ.ˈdɐj.ɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,838
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for cadeia is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɐ.ˈdɐj.ɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,838 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for cadeia, with forms such as "acdeia", "caddeia", and "cadeai". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "ceia", "cheia", "Cátia", 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 cadeia, spelled C-A-D-E-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    local que serve de detenção temporária para criminosos de baixa periculosidade
  2. 2
    uma série de objetos ou coisas concatenados um após o outro
  3. 3
    dois ou mais átomos (ou moléculas) ligados em sequência
  4. 4
    conjunto de estabelecimentos comerciais de uma mesma empresa
  5. 5
    emissoras de rádio, televisão, etc, transmitindo um mesmo programa
  6. 6
    no carro de bois, cada uma das travessas que inferiormente formam a mesa, unindo os varais da cheda

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acdeia,caddeia,cadeai,cadiea,caedia,ccadeia,cdaeia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cadeia

Misspelling Variants of "cadeia"

acdeia6caddeia7cadeai6cadiea6caedia6ccadeia7cdaeia6
Misspelling Variants of "cadeia"

Frequency rank: #1,838 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cadeia"?
"cadeia" is spelled C-A-D-E-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kɐ.ˈdɐj.ɐ/.
What does "cadeia" mean?
As a noun, "cadeia" means: local que serve de detenção temporária para criminosos de baixa periculosidade
What words are commonly confused with "cadeia"?
"cadeia" is commonly confused with "ceia", "cheia", "Cátia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cadeia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cadeia" is /kɐ.ˈdɐj.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cadeia" come from?
"cadeia" 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.