cadinho
/kɐ.ˈdi.ɲu/
The verdict
“cadinho” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #51,490 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #51,490
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - recipiente em forma de pote, normalmente com características refratárias, resistente a temperaturas elevadas, no qual são fundidos materiais a altas temperaturas
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cadinho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.ˈdi.ɲu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,490 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cadinho” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for cadinho is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɐ.ˈdi.ɲu/. Corpus data places it at rank #51,490 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cadinho, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is cadinho, spelled C-A-D-I-N-H-O.
Definition
- 1recipiente em forma de pote, normalmente com características refratárias, resistente a temperaturas elevadas, no qual são fundidos materiais a altas temperaturas
- 2pequeno bocado, pouquinho
Synonyms
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 “cadinho”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-D-I-N-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɐ.ˈdi.ɲu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.