café

//kɐ.ˈfɛ// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#931

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

café is aPortuguesenoun. It means: fruto gerado pelo cafeeiro Pronounced /kɐ.ˈfɛ/. It ranks #931 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with ce and cão.

Key facts for café
PropertyValue
Headwordcafé
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɐ.ˈfɛ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#931
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for café is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɐ.ˈfɛ/. Corpus data places it at rank #931 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for café, with forms such as "acfé", "caffé", and "caéf". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ce", "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 café, spelled C-A-F-É, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    fruto gerado pelo cafeeiro
  2. 2
    designação comum às plantas do gênero Coffea, de que se extraem frutos comestíveis utilizados no preparo da bebida do café
  3. 3
    bebida feita ao se coar a semente torrada e moída do café¹ com água
  4. 4
    o grão inteiro ou o pó de grãos moídos do café¹
  5. 5
    local em que se serve a bebida do café ou outras bebidas, além de refeições leves
  6. 6
    primeira refeição realizada pela manhã

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acfé,caffé,caéf,ccafé,cfaé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for café

Misspelling Variants of "café"

acfé4caffé5caéf4ccafé5cfaé4
Misspelling Variants of "café"

Frequency rank: #931 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "café"?
"café" is spelled C-A-F-É. The IPA pronunciation is /kɐ.ˈfɛ/.
What does "café" mean?
As a noun, "café" means: fruto gerado pelo cafeeiro
What words are commonly confused with "café"?
"café" is commonly confused with "ce", "cão", "can". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "café"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "café" is /kɐ.ˈfɛ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "café" come from?
"café" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.