cafuné
/kɐ.fu.ˈnɛ/
The verdict
“cafuné” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,663 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,663
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato de acariciar a cabeça de alguém para o adormecer, contemplar ou relaxar
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cafuné |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.fu.ˈnɛ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,663 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cafuné” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cafuné is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,663 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɐ.fu.ˈnɛ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for cafuné in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is cafuné, spelled C-A-F-U-N-É.
Definition
- 1ato de acariciar a cabeça de alguém para o adormecer, contemplar ou relaxar
- 2carícia marota
- 3produzir estalidos na cabeça de alguém imitando a morte de piolhos entre o pressionar de unhas
- 4menino
- 5peteleco na orelha
- 6dendezeiro pequeno entre outros grandes
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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 “cafuné”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-F-U-N-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɐ.fu.ˈnɛ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.