cafeína

/[kafeˈina], plural: [kafeˈinas]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,354

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

cafeína is aPortuguesenoun. It means: alcaloide do grupo das xantinas usado como estimulante, C₈H₁₀N₄O₂ Pronounced [kafeˈina], plural: [kafeˈinas]. Often confused with caverna and campina.

Key facts for cafeína
PropertyValue
Headwordcafeína
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kafeˈina], plural: [kafeˈinas]
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,354
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for cafeína is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kafeˈina], plural: [kafeˈinas]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,354 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "alcaloide do grupo das xantinas usado como estimulante, C₈H₁₀N₄O₂".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for cafeína, with forms such as "acfeína", "caefína", and "cafenía". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "caverna", "campina", "cantina", 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 cafeína, spelled C-A-F-E-Í-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    alcaloide do grupo das xantinas usado como estimulante, C₈H₁₀N₄O₂

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acfeína,caefína,cafenía,cafeían,cafeínna,caffeína,cafíena,ccafeína,cfaeína

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cafeína

Misspelling Variants of "cafeína"

acfeína7caefína7cafenía7cafeían7cafeínna8caffeína8cafíena7ccafeína8
Misspelling Variants of "cafeína"

Frequency rank: #19,354 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cafeína"?
"cafeína" is spelled C-A-F-E-Í-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kafeˈina], plural: [kafeˈinas].
What does "cafeína" mean?
As a noun, "cafeína" means: alcaloide do grupo das xantinas usado como estimulante, C₈H₁₀N₄O₂
What words are commonly confused with "cafeína"?
"cafeína" is commonly confused with "caverna", "campina", "cantina". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cafeína"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cafeína" is [kafeˈina], plural: [kafeˈinas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cafeína" come from?
"cafeína" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.